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Assessing Prosthetic Heart Valve Function
Author(s) -
ROUDAUT RAYMOND,
GOSSE PHILIPPE,
DALLOCCHIO MODESTE
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1992.tb00505.x
Subject(s) - hemodynamics , cardiology , prosthesis , medicine , heart valve , surgery
Doppler echocardiography is being used increasingly in the follow‐up of patients with valvular heart prostheses because it provides unique hemodynamic information about flow through prosthetic valves. A baseline checkup about 3 months after implantation is now recommended. We therefore now supply eachpatient with an identity and follow‐up card for each particular prosthesis.