A novel fully automated method for mitral regurgitant orifice area quantification

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 688-695

  Moraldo, Michela ^a   Bergamini, Corinna ^b   Malaweera, Anura S N ^a   Dhutia, Niti M ^a   Pabari, Punam A ^a   Willson, Keith ^a   Baruah, Resham ^a   Manisty, Charlotte ^a   Davies, Justin E ^a   Xu, Xiao Y ^c   Hughes, Alun D ^a   Francis, Darrel P ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated analysis; Blood flow velocity; Echocardiography; Mitral valve regurgitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; AQURO; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EFFECTIVE REGURGITANT ORIFICE AREA; FEMALE; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL ISOVELOCITY SURFACE AREA METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; ECHOGRAPHY; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VIDEORECORDING; PROCEDURES;

AGED; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84885299572     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.11.104     Document Type: Article

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