Comparison of semiquantitative and quantitative assessment of severity of aortic regurgitation: Clinical implications

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1246-1252

  Messika Zeitoun, David ^a,b   Detaint, Delphine ^a   Leye, Mohamed ^a   Tribouilloy, Christophe ^c   Michelena, Hector I ^d   Pislaru, Sorin ^d   Brochet, Eric ^a   Iung, Bernard ^a   Vahanian, Alec ^a   Enriquez Sarano, Maurice ^d  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic regurgitation; Echocardiography; Quantification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DIASTOLIC FLOW REVERSAL; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART OUTPUT MEASUREMENT; HEART PRESSURE HALF TIME; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROXIMAL ISOVELOCITY SURFACE AREA METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENA CONTRACTA;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIAC OUTPUT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80055017682     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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