Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 21, Issue 9 , Pages 1006-1009 , September 2008

Assessing Mitral Valve Area and Orifice Geometry in Calcific Mitral Stenosis: A New Solution by Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography

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 Dr John W. Chu was supported in part by a grant from the National Heart Foundation of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand. This work was also supported in part by K23HL004504 and R21EB005294 (J.H.) and R01HL072265 (R.A.L.). There are no conflicts to declare.

PII: S0894-7317(08)00312-X

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.05.010

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 21, Issue 9 , Pages 1006-1009 , September 2008

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