Comparison and reproducibility of visual echocardiographic and quantitative radionuclide left ventricular ejection fractions

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 843-850

  Van Royen, Niels ^a   Jaffe, Carl C ^a   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a   Johnson, Kevin M ^a   Lynch, Patrick J ^a   Natale, Donna ^a   Atkinson, Patricia ^a   Deman, Paul ^a   Wackers, Frans J Th ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029974635     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)89179-5     Document Type: Article

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