Usefulness of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in evaluating aortic root diameters during a cardiac cycle

Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-14

  Izumi, Chisato ^a   Miyake, Makoto ^a   Takahashi, Shuichi ^a   Hayashi, Hidetaka ^a   Miyanishi, Tadashi ^a   Matsutani, Hayato ^a   Hashiwada, Sumiyo ^a   Kuwano, Kazuyo ^a   Sakamoto, Jiro ^a   Nakagawa, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic root; Aortic stenosis; Cardiac cycle; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANNULAR DIAMETER; AORTA ROOT; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLE; END DIASTOLE; END SYSTOLE; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MID DIASTOLE; MID SYSTOLE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINOTUBULAR JUNCTION; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84857921147     PISSN: 13490222     EISSN: 1880344X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12574-011-0104-y     Document Type: Article

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