Echocardiographic assessment of prosthetic heart valves

Current Problems in Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 162-218

  Zabalgoitia, Miguel ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^g Non Invasive Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BIOPROSTHESIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; EXERCISE TEST; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS; STENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BIOPROSTHESIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS; EXERCISE TEST; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEART VALVES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS;

EID: 84866683311     PISSN: 01462806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mcd.2000.104056     Document Type: Review

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