Doppler evaluation of left ventricular diastolic inflow and outflow waveforms in normal subjects

Echocardiography

Volumn 14, Issue 6 PART I, 1997, Pages 535-543

  Voon, Wen Chol ^a   Sheu, Sheng Hsiung ^a   Hwang, Yuh Yau ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age; Doppler; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0031455445     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1997.tb00762.x     Document Type: Review

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