Quantifying Mitral Valve Regurgitation: New Solutions from the 3rd Dimension

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-12

  Little, Stephen H ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; EDITORIAL; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENA CONTRACTA; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 72449202142     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.11.013     Document Type: Editorial

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