The importance of regurgitant orifice shape in mitral regurgitation

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1097-1099

  Grayburn, Paul A ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac magnetic resonance; mitral valve; regurgitant orifice; regurgitation

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEART VALVE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 80054112887     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.08.001     Document Type: Editorial

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