Should mitral valve area assessment in patients with mitral stenosis be based on anatomical or on functional evaluation? A plea for 3D echocardiography as the new clinical standard.

Subjects

Subjects :

Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional standards
Humans
Reference Standards
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional methods
Mitral Valve Stenosis diagnostic imaging

Details

Language :

English

ISSN :

0195-668X

Volume :

25

Issue :

23

Database :

MEDLINE

Journal :

European heart journal

Publication Type :

Editorial & Opinion

Accession number :

15571820

Full Text :

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehj.2004.10.001