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Echocardiographic diagnosis of adult valvular heart disease

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This is an updated version of an article originally published in Jpn J Med Ultrasonics 2014;41:415–454.

Terminology and Diagnostic Criteria Committee, Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine

Chairperson: Yoshiki Hirooka

Writing Committee of Echocardiographic Variables Commentary to Evaluate Valvular Heart Disease of the Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine

Chairman: Yutaka Otsuji

Members: Yoshihiro Seo, Masao Daimon, Masaaki Takeuchi, Toshinori Yuasa

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Yoshihiro Seo

Cardiovascular Division, University of Tsukuba

Masao Daimon

Department of Clinical Laboratory, the University of Tokyo Hospital

Masaaki Takeuchi

Department of Clinical Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health

Toshinori Yuasa

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Hypertension, Kagoshima University

Yutaka Otsuji

Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health

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Terminology and Diagnostic Criteria Committee, Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine. Echocardiographic diagnosis of adult valvular heart disease. J Med Ultrasonics 43, 557–597 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-016-0702-4

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