The value of live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of valvular vegetations

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1264-1273

  Hansalia, Sachin ^a   Biswas, Monodeep ^a   Dutta, Rajarshi ^a   Hage, Fadi G ^a,b   Hsiung, Ming Chon ^c   Nanda, Navin C ^a   Singh, Preeti ^a   Manda, Jayaprakash ^a   Kesanolla, Saritha Kumari ^a   Wei, Jeng ^c   Yin, Wei Hsian ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHENG HSIN REHABILITATION MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Three dimensional echocardiography; Three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography; Transesophageal echocardiography; Valvular vegetations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CHORDA TENDINEA RUPTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART ABSCESS; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SURGEON; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 72849117094     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.01042.x     Document Type: Article

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