Noninvasive assessment of regional and global myocardial contractility in normal control subjects and in patients with dilated cardiomyopathies

Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 429-441

  Domanski, Michael J ^a   Follman, Dean ^a   Kravitz, Marsha ^a   Mirsky, Israel ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid pulse tracings; Contractility; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031849910     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1998.tb00629.x     Document Type: Article

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