Assessment sf valvular heart disease - Why echocardiography is an essential component

Authors
Assi, ER Tak, T
Citation
Er. Assi et T. Tak, Assessment sf valvular heart disease - Why echocardiography is an essential component, POSTGR MED, 104(6), 1998, pp. 99
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE
ISSN journal
00325481 → ACNP
Volume
104
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5481(199812)104:6<99:ASVHD->2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Since its introduction into clinical practice 25 years ago, echocardiograph y has become an important component of cardiac evaluation. It can provide a ccurate, quantitative data in patients with valvular heart disease and thus is particularly useful in diagnosis and follow-up. The authors of this art icle describe the various types of valvular disease, emphasizing the role o f echocardiography in assessment.