Myocardial tissue characterization and aortic stenosis

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1067-1070

  Di Bello, Vitantonio ^a   Cucco, Cuono ^a   Giannini, Cristina ^a   Delle Donne, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Aortic valve replacement; AS; AVR; Cardiac magnetic resonance; CMR; CVI; Cyclic variation index; IBS; Integrated backscatter; Left ventricular; LV

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 77957222675     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.08.025     Document Type: Editorial

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