Left ventricular flow patterns in healthy subjects and patients with prosthetic mitral valves: An in vivo study using echocardiographic particle image velocimetry

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1501-1510

  Faludi, Réka ^a   Szulik, Mariola ^a   D'hooge, Jan ^a   Herijgers, Paul ^a   Rademakers, Frank ^a   Pedrizzetti, Gianni ^b   Voigt, Jens Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; SEX RATIO;

BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77952321390     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.07.060     Document Type: Article

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