3D Vena Contracta area to quantify severity of mitral regurgitation: A practical new tool?

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 448-454

  Maragiannis, Dimitrios ^a   Little, Stephen H ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D color doppler; 3D echo; Mitral valve regurgitation; Vena contracta

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VENA CONTRACTA WIDTH;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84889690325     PISSN: 11099666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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