In vitro assessment of prosthesis type and pressure recovery characteristics: Doppler echocardiography overestimation of bileaflet mechanical and bioprosthetic aortic valve gradients

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 453-458

  Bach, David S ^a   Schmitz, Christoph ^b   Dohmen, Guido ^c   Aaronson, Keith D ^a   Steinseifer, Ulrich ^b   Kleine, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA; AORTA FLOW; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; AORTA VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS;

AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 84863988305     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.12.036     Document Type: Article

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