Valve stress echocardiography: A practical guide for referral, procedure, reporting, and clinical implementation of results from the HAVEC group

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 724-736

  Garbi, Madalina ^a   Chambers, John ^b   Vannan, Mani A ^c   Lancellotti, Patrizio ^d,e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c PIEDMONT HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e GVM Hospital for Care and Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

dobutamine; exercise; guidelines; stress echocardiography; valvular heart disease

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VALVE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84930745492     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.02.010     Document Type: Review

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