Color kinesis: Principles of operation and technical guidelines

Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-34

  Bednarz, James ^a   Vignon, Philippe ^a   Mor Avi, Victor ^a   Weinert, Lynn ^a   Koch, Rick ^a   Spencer, Kirk ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Color kinesis

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSKINESIA; HEART DILATATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKINESIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031915911     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1998.tb00574.x     Document Type: Article

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