Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 43-46 , January 2008

Three-Dimensional Quantitation of Mitral Valve Coaptation by a Novel Software System with Transthoracic Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography

  • Miwako Tsukiji, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Miwako Tsukiji, MD, Department of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, 701-0192, Japan.
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  • Nozomi Watanabe, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
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  • Yasuko Yamaura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
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  • Noriko Okahashi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
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  • Kikuko Obase, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
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  • Yoji Neishi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
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  • Eiji Toyota, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
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  • Takahiro Kawamoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
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  • Hiroyuki Okura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
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  • Yasuo Ogasawara, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Engineering and Systems of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan.
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  • Kiyoshi Yoshida, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

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PII: S0894-7317(07)00398-7

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.05.023

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 43-46 , January 2008

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