Quantitative measurements of aortic valve coaptation by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in patients with aortic regurgitation without primary leaflet disease

Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-13

  Imai, Koichiro ^a   Watanabe, Nozomi ^a   Saito, Ken ^a   Hayashida, Akihiro ^a   Maehama, Tomoko ^a   Miyamoto, Yoshinori ^a   Kawamoto, Takahiro ^a   Neishi, Yoji ^a   Okura, Hiroyuki ^a   Yoshida, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic valve coaptation; Functional aortic regurgitation; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE COAPTATION LENGTH; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953360490     PISSN: 13490222     EISSN: 1880344X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12574-009-0028-y     Document Type: Article

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