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The Measurement of Opening Angle and Orifice Area of a Bileaflet Mechanical Valve Using Multidetector Computed Tomography

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess mechanical valve function using 64-slice multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). SUBJECTS AND METHODS: In 20 patients (mean age, 50±12 years; male-to-female ratio, 10:10), 30 St. Jude bileaflet mechanical valves (15 aortic and 15 mitra...

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Autores principales: Lee, Dong-Hyeon, Youn, Ho-Joong, Shim, Sung-Bo, Lee, Sun-Hee, Jung, Jung-Im, Jung, Seung-Eun, Choi, Yun-Seok, Park, Chul-Soo, Oh, Yong-Seog, Chung, Wook-Sung, Kim, Jae-Hyung
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Cardiology 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19949605
http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2009.39.4.157