Exercise echocardiography in the evaluation of severity of functional mitral regurgitation in patients with heart failure

Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 97-99

  Kobayashi, Yumiko ^a   Sakata, Yasushi ^b   Takeda, Yasuharu ^b   Mano, Toshiaki ^b   Yokogawa, Jun ^a   Matsumiya, Goro ^b   Sawa, Yoshiki ^b   Nakatani, Satoshi ^b   Yamamoto, Kazuhiro ^a,b,c   Komuro, Issei ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Exercise test; Heart failure; Mitral regurgitation; Mitral valve repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 77956415714     PISSN: 13490222     EISSN: 1880344X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12574-010-0037-x     Document Type: Article

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