Analysis of the Mitral Coaptation Zone in Normal and Functional Regurgitant Valves

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1158-1161

  Gogoladze, George ^a,b   Dellis, Sophia L ^a,b   Donnino, Robert ^a,b   Ribakove, Greg ^a,b   Greenhouse, David G ^a,b   Galloway, Aubrey ^a,b   Grossi, Eugene ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAPTATION DEPTH; COAPTATION DISTANCE; COAPTATION LENGTH; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; FUNCTIONAL MITRAL REGURGITATION; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77949544835     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.12.061     Document Type: Article

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