Proximal isovelocity surface area: the three-dimensional "correction"

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York; and Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.

Editorial

Nikolaos J Skubas et al. Anesth Analg. 2015 Mar.

. 2015 Mar;120(3):513-514.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000617.

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York; and Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.

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Comment on

Three-dimensional versus two-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of functional mitral regurgitation proximal isovelocity surface area.
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