Prevalence and correlates of physiological valvular regurgitation in healthy subjects: A color Doppler echocardiographic study in the current era

Circulation Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2699-2704

  Okura, Hiroyuki ^a   Takada, Yuko ^a   Yamabe, Azusa ^a   Ozaki, Takeshi ^a   Yamagishi, Hiroyuki ^a   Toda, Iku ^a   Yoshiyama, Minoru ^b   Yoshikawa, Junichi ^c   Yoshida, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Nishinomiya Watanabe Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Valvular regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 80054896083     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-11-0277     Document Type: Article

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