## Abstract In order to determine the sensitivity and reproducibility of a new two‐dimensional echocardiographic technique for detecting left ventricular aneurysms, 16 patients suspected of having aneurysms were evaluated prospectively. Left ventricular angiography demonstrated aneurysms in 15 of t
Two-dimensional echocardiographic detection of a left sinus of Valsalva aneurysm
✍ Scribed by Nicolas Danchin; Alain Le Helloco; Danièle Amrein; Jean Nizak; Claude Pernot
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 343 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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