A three-dimensional insight into the complexity of flow convergence in mitral regurgitation: Adjunctive benefit of anatomic regurgitant orifice area

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Chandra, Sonal ^a   Salgo, Ivan S ^b   Sugeng, Lissa ^a   Weinert, Lynn ^a   Settlemier, Scott H ^b   Mor Avi, Victor ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; Mitral valve; Proximal isovelocity surface area; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL EFFECTIVE REGURGITANT ORIFICE AREA; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE;

EID: 80052307579     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00275.2011     Document Type: Article

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