Quantification of chronic aortic regurgitation by vector flow mapping: A novel echocardiographic method

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-124

  Li, Chen ^a   Zhang, Juqian ^a   Li, Xiaoqing ^a   Zhou, Can ^a   Li, Haihua ^a   Tang, Hong ^a   Rao, Li ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aortic regurgitation; Echocardiography; Quantitative Doppler; Vector flow mapping; Vena contracta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA FLOW; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; VECTOR FLOW MAPPING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77949392835     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep175     Document Type: Article

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