Discordant grading of aortic stenosis using echocardiography and what it means: New insights from magnetic resonance imaging

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 959-961

  Clavel, Marie Annick ^a   Dumesnil, Jean G ^a   Pibarot, Philippe ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 84906213878     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2014.06.007     Document Type: Editorial

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