Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of prosthetic valve function

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-78

  Pibarot, Philippe ^a   Dumesnil, Jean G ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ATS VALVE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARBOMEDICS PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARPENTIER EDWARDS BIOPROSTHESIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HANCOCK VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART MURMUR; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE FUNCTION; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; REOPERATION; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBECTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 84055216928     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300351     Document Type: Article

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