Evaluation of diastolic filling of left ventricle in health and disease: Doppler echocardiography is the clinician's Rosetta Stone

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 8-18

  Nishimura, Rick A ^a   Tajik, A Jamil ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030741179     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00144-7     Document Type: Article

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