Diagnosis of the prosthetic heart valve pannus formation with real-time three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Özkan, Mehmet ^a   Gündüz, Sabahattin ^a   Yildiz, Mustafa ^a   Duran, Nilüfer Ekşi ^a  

^a Kosuyolu Kartal Heart Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Pannus formation; Prosthetic heart valve; Three dimensional transesophageal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PANNUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE OBSTRUCTION; PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE PANNUS; PROSTHETIC VALVE DYSFUNCTION; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS;

EID: 77951983351     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep206     Document Type: Article

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