The use of exercise echocardiography in the evaluation of mitral regurgitation

Current Cardiology Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 312-322

  Yared, Kibar ^a   Lam, Kaitlyn My Tu ^a   Hung, Judy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Mitral regurgitation; Mitral valve; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70449686217     PISSN: 1573403X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340309789317841     Document Type: Review

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