Diagnostic value of vena contracta area in the quantification of mitral regurgitation severity by color doppler 3D echocardiography

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 506-513

  Zeng, Xin ^a   Levine, Robert A ^a   Hua, Lanqi ^a   Morris, Eleanor L ^a   Kang, Yuejian ^a   Flaherty, Mary ^a   Morgan, Nina V ^a   Hung, Judy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

3D echocardiography; Diagnosis; Doppler echocardiography; Mitral regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENA CONTRACTA AREA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80555143055     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.110.961649     Document Type: Article

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