Three-dimensional imaging of the left ventricular outflow tract: Impact on aortic valve area estimation by the continuity equation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 749-757

  Gaspar, Tamar ^a   Adawi, Salim ^a   Sachner, Robert ^a   Asmer, Ihab ^a   Ganaeem, Majdi ^a   Rubinshtein, Ronen ^a   Shiran, Avinoam ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

3D echocardiography; Aortic stenosis; Cardiac computed tomographic angiography; Left ventricular outflow tract; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 84862999872     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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