Dynamic three-dimensional echocardiography using parallel slicing: A promising diagnostic procedure in adults with congenital heart disease

Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 140-147

  Bartel, Thomas ^a,b   Müller, Silvana ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Westdeutsches Herzzentrum Essen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Echocardiography; Three dimensional image reconstruction; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; COR TRIATRIATUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COR TRIATRIATUM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS;

EID: 0031938941     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006770     Document Type: Article

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