Comparison of Multidetector-Row Computed Tomography to Echocardiography and Fluoroscopy for Evaluation of Patients With Mechanical Prosthetic Valve Obstruction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1128-1134

  Symersky, Petr ^a   Budde, Ricardo P J ^b   de Mol, Bas A J M ^c,d   Prokop, Mathias ^b  

^a Isala Klinieken ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE DYSFUNCTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349498637     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.05.061     Document Type: Article

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