Aortic valve area: Meta-analysis of diagnostic performance of multi-detector computed tomography for aortic valve area measurements as compared to transthoracic echocardiography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 601-609

  Shah, Rajnil G ^a   Novaro, Gian M ^a   Blandon, Rodolfo J ^a   Whiteman, Mitchell S ^a   Asher, Craig R ^a   Kirsch, Jacobo ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Aortic valve area; Computed tomography; Echocardiography; Multi section computed tomography (MDCT); Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AORTA VALVE AREA; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GATED IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67849130424     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-009-9464-z     Document Type: Article

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