The echocardiography of replacement heart valves

This is a practical description of how replacement valves are assessed using echocardiography. Normal transthoracic appearances including normal variants are described. The problem of differentiating normal function, patient–prosthesis mismatch and pathological obstruction in aortic replacement valv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: John B Chambers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bioscientifica 2016-10-01
Series:Echo Research and Practice
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Online Access:http://www.echorespract.com/content/3/3/R35.full