Measure the gap! A proposed simplified approach for measuring the descent of the base of the left ventricle

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 818-821

  Reynolds, Terry ^a  

^a ARIZONA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYSTOLE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0031252701     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(97)70041-5     Document Type: Article

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