Dysfunction of bileaflet aortic prosthesis: Accuracy of echocardiography versus fluoroscopy

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 196-205

  Muratori, Manuela ^a   Montorsi, Piero ^a,b   Maffessanti, Francesco ^a   Teruzzi, Giovanni ^a   Zoghbi, William A ^c   Gripari, Paola ^a   Tamborini, Gloria ^a   Ali, Sarah Ghulam ^a   Fusini, Laura ^a   Fiorentini, Cesare ^b   Pepi, Mauro ^a  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cinefluoroscopy; Doppler echocardiography; Echocardiography; High aortic transprosthetic gradient; Prosthetic valves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BILEAFLET AORTIC PROSTHESIS DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOPPLER ECHO; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY SYSTEM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMETERS; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REFERENCE VALUE; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC TIME INTERVAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SURGERY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CINERADIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84891697303     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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