The percutaneous mitral valve repair procedure - The role of echocardiographic guidance

European Cardiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-180

  Swaans, Martin ^a   van den Branden, Ben ^a   Post, Marco ^a   van der Heyden, Jan ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Echocardiographer; Interventionalist; Percutaneous mitral valve repair; Real time transoesophageal echocardiography; Three dimensional (3D) transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84856102324     PISSN: 17583756     EISSN: 17583764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15420/ecr.2011.7.3.177     Document Type: Article

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