Decrease in left atrium volume after successful balloon mitral valvuloplasty: An echocardiographic and hemodynamic study

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-160

  Adavane, Saroumadi ^a   Santhosh, Satheesh ^b   Karthikeyan, S ^b   Balachander, J ^b   Rajagopal, Sriram ^b   Gobu, P ^b   Prasath, M Arun ^b   Haddour, Nabila ^a   Ederhy, Stéphane ^a   Cohen, Ariel ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; left atrial volume; left atrium; mitral stenosis; mitral valvuloplasty; PA hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON MITRAL VALVULOPLASTY; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; ORGAN SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551559584     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01300.x     Document Type: Article

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