Direct assessment of normal mechanical mitral valve orifice area by real-time 3D echocardiography

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2012 May;5(5):478-83. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.06.024.
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Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color*
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mitral Valve / physiopathology
  • Mitral Valve / surgery
  • Observer Variation
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Texas
  • Young Adult