Sinus of Valsalva dilates disproportionately in aortic root aneurysm with moderate to severe aortic regurgitation: Quantitative assessment by transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 41-47

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

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic regurgitation; Aortic root aneurysm; Disproportionately; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ANNULUS; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINOTUBULAR JUNCTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953362324     PISSN: 13490222     EISSN: 1880344X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12574-009-0012-6     Document Type: Article

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