Accuracy of Doppler-echocardiographic parameters for the detection of aortic bileaflet mechanical prosthetic valve dysfunction

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 142-151

  Smadi, Othman ^a,b   Garcia, Julio ^a,c   Pibarot, Philippe ^c   Gaillard, Emmanuel ^a   Hassan, Ibrahim ^a   Kadem, Lyes ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Doppler echocardiography; Prosthetic heart valve

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACARDIAC ECHOGRAPHY DEVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE DYSFUNCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VELOCITY;

AORTIC STENOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE;

AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892925016     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jet059     Document Type: Article

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