Aortic annulus diameter measurement: What is the best modality?

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-120

  Yano, Mitsuhiro ^a   Nakamura, Kunihide ^a   Nagahama, Hiroyuki ^a   Matsuyama, Masakazu ^a   Nishimura, Masanori ^a   Onitsuka, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic annulus diameter; Modality

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84860116838     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.oa.11.01727     Document Type: Article

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