title: Assessment of valvular heart disease. Why echocardiography is an essential component.
abstract: Assessment of patients with valvular heart disease has undergone many changes in the past few decades with the introduction of noninvasive techniques such as echocardiography. Along with the history, physical examination, electrocardiogram, and chest films, echocardiography is an important component of the assessment, providing essential information for diagnosis and follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Scott and White Clinic and Memorial Hospital, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, USA.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Assi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tak
mesh_terms: D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000175:diagnosis; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis