Doppler tissue imaging: A noninvasive technique for evaluation of left ventricular relaxation and estimation of filling pressures

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1527-1533

  Nagueh, Sherif F ^a   Middleton, Katherine J ^a   Kopelen, Helen A ^a   Zoghbi, William A ^a   Quiñones, Miguel A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART PRELOAD; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 0030698732     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00344-6     Document Type: Article

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