The feasibility of velocity vector imaging by transesophageal echocardiography for assessment of elastic properties of the descending aorta in aortic valve disease

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 985-992

  Petrini, Johan ^a,b   Yousry, Mohamed ^a,b   Rickenlund, Anette ^a,b   Liska, Jan ^a,b   Hamsten, Anders ^a,b   Eriksson, Per ^b   Franco Cereceda, Anders ^a,b   Caidahl, Kenneth ^a,b   Eriksson, Maria J ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aortic regurgitation; Aortic stenosis; Descending aorta; Distensibility; Stiffness; Strain; Velocity vector imaging

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESCENDING AORTA; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; RADIAL ARTERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VELOCITY VECTOR IMAGING;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77956189970     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.06.021     Document Type: Article

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