Accurate measurement of left ventricular ejection fraction by three- dimensional echocardiography: A comparison with radionuclide angiography

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 460-466

  Nosir, Youssef F M ^b   Fioretti, Paolo M ^a   Vletter, Wim B ^b   Boersma, Eric ^b   Salustri, Alessandro ^b   Postma, Joyce Tjoa ^b   Reijs, Ambroos E M ^b   Ten Cate, Folkert J ^b   Roelandt, Jos R T C ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

angiography; cardiac volume; echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0029812979     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.3.460     Document Type: Article

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