SEVERITY OF AORTIC REGURGITATION ASSESSED BY AREA OF VENA CONTRACTA- A CLINICAL COLOR DOPPLER IMAGING STUDY
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Severity of aortic regurgitation assessed by area of vena contracta: a clinical two-dimensional and three-dimensional color Doppler imaging study
BACKGROUND Quantitation of aortic regurgitation (AR) using two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography, including vena contracta width (VCW) measurement, is still challenging. Three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography can directly measure the vena contracta area (VCA), regardless of the rheological characteristics. We intended to assess the possibility of 3D vena contracta area (3DVCA) as well as 2D ve...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(12)61259-5