State of the art: "Diastology" research 1998

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 9-25

  Oki, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

LV diastolic function; Pulsed Doppler echocardiography; Pulsed tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMEGALY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG CIRCULATION; METHODOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE; MOTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PULMONARY VEIN; REVIEW;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MOTION; PRESSURE; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY VEINS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

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