title: 3D vena contracta area to quantify severity of mitral regurgitation: a practical new tool?
authors.affiliation: The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maragiannis
authors.forename: Stephen H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Little
mesh_terms: D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods*; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology