Left ventricular outflow tract geometry and dynamics in aortic stenosis: Implications for the echocardiographic assessment of aortic valve area

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1267-1269

  Pibarot, Philippe ^a   Clavel, Marie Annick ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA FLOW; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; CARDIOLOGIST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE; MALE; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 84960874483     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2015.09.006     Document Type: Editorial

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