Automated echocardiographic quantification of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction: Validation in the intensive care setting

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 29-36

  Sun, Jing Ping ^a,b   Stewart, William J ^a,b   Yang, Xing Sheng ^a,b   Lee, Kamthorn S ^a,b   Sheldon, W Scott ^a,b   Thomas, James D ^a,b  

^a Department of Cardiology Cardiac Imaging Section ^*  (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PULMONARY VALVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; THERMODILUTION;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VALVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME; THERMODILUTION;

EID: 0029192918     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(05)80355-4     Document Type: Article

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