Underestimation of aortic valve area in calcified aortic valve disease: Effects of left ventricular outflow tract ellipticity

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-353

  Utsunomiya, Hiroto ^a   Yamamoto, Hideya ^a   Horiguchi, Jun ^b   Kunita, Eiji ^a   Okada, Takenori ^a   Yamazato, Ryo ^a   Hidaka, Takayuki ^a   Kihara, Yasuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic valve area; Continuity equation; Ellipticity; Left ventricular outflow tract area; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALCIFIED AORTA VALVE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DIASTOLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT ELLIPTICITY; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 84861232521     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.12.071     Document Type: Article

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