The vena contracta in functional tricuspid regurgitation: A real-time three-dimensional color doppler echocardiography study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 663-670

  Song, Jong Min ^a   Jang, Min Kyoung ^a   Choi, Yoon Sil ^a   Kim, Yun Jeong ^a   Min, Sun Yang ^a   Kim, Dae Hee ^a   Kang, Duk Hyun ^a   Song, Jae Kwan ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Tricuspid regurgitation; Vena contracta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINUS RHYTHM; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VENA CONTRACTA;

ARTIFACTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 79956373924     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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