Noninvasive assessment of the ventricular relaxation time constant (τ) in humans by Doppler echocardiography

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 151-155

  Scalia, Gregory M ^a   Greenberg, Neil L ^a   McCarthy, Patrick M ^a   Thomas, James D ^a   Vandervoort, Pieter M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

diastole; echocardiography; ventricles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART MUSCLE DP-DT; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031032388     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.1.151     Document Type: Article

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