A practical guide to assessment of ventricular diastolic function using Doppler echocardiography

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1753-1760

  Cohen, Gerald I ^a   Pietrolungo, Joseph F ^b   Thomas, James D ^b   Klein, Allan L ^b  

^a SINAI GRACE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029924753     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00088-5     Document Type: Review

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