The correlation between three-dimensional vena contracta area and aortic regurgitation index in patients with aortic regurgitation

Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-166

  Chin, Chih Hui ^a   Chen, Chung Huo ^a   Lo, Hung Shun ^a  

^a CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aortic regurgitation; Three dimensional color Doppler flow imaging; Vena contracta

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTIC REGURGITATION INDEX; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL VENA CONTRACTA AREA;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77649221513     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.00988.x     Document Type: Article

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