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A comparison of echocardiographic and electron beam computed tomographic assessment of aortic valve area in patients with valvular aortic stenosis

The purpose of this study was to compare electron beam computed tomography (EBT) with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in determining aortic valve area (AVA). Thirty patients (9 females, 21 males) underwent a contrast-enhanced EBT scan (e-Speed, GE, San Francisco, CA, USA) and TTE within 17 ± 12...

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Autores principales: Piers, Lieuwe H., Dikkers, Riksta, Tio, René A., van den Berg, Maarten P., Willems, Tineke P., Zijlstra, Felix, Oudkerk, Matthijs
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2048829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17285263
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10554-007-9208-x