Grading Severity of Mitral Regurgitation by Echocardiography: Science or Art?

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 244-246

  Grayburn, Paul A ^a   Bhella, Paul ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

effective regurgitant orifice area; mitral regurgitation; proximal isovelocity surface area; vena contracta width

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77649332324     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.11.008     Document Type: Editorial

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