DETECTION OF STRANDS IN NATIVE AORTIC VALVES BY TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Authors
MENZEL T MOHRKAHALY S ARNOLD KJ KOLSCH B KOPP H SPIECKER M WAGNER SR MEINERT R MEYER J
Citation
T. Menzel et al., DETECTION OF STRANDS IN NATIVE AORTIC VALVES BY TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, The American journal of cardiology, 79(11), 1997, pp. 1549
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
79
Issue
11
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)79:11<1549:DOSINA>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Prevalence and echocardiographic characteristics of strands on the lea flets of native aortic valves were examined. According to our data, th e strands we found in 39 % of patients are most likely Lambl's excresc ences.