Direct Measurement of Vena Contracta Area by Real-Time 3-Dimensional Echocardiography for Assessing Severity of Mitral Regurgitation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 978-983

  Yosefy, Chaim ^a   Hung, Judy ^a   Chua, Sarah ^a   Vaturi, Mordehay ^a   Ton Nu, Thanh Thao ^a   Handschumacher, Mark D ^a   Levine, Robert A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULSATILE FLOW; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70249091129     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.05.043     Document Type: Article

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