Cusp height in aortic valves

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 269-274

  Schäfers, Hans Joachim ^a   Schmied, Wolfram ^a   Marom, Gil ^b   Aicher, Diana ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

BAV; bicuspid aortic valve; TAV; TEE; transesophageal echocardiography; tricuspid aortic valve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CUSP HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRICUSPID VALVE;

18; 35; BAV; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; TAV; TEE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID AORTIC VALVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880317291     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.06.053     Document Type: Article

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