Left atrial volumes assessed by three- and two-dimensional echocardiography compared to MRI estimates

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 397-410

  Rodevand, O ^b   Bjornerheim, R ^c   Ljosland, M ^c   Maehle, J ^a   Smith, H J ^c   Ihlen, H ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart atrium; Left atrial volume; Magnetic resonance imaging; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; CARDIAC VOLUME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032719424     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006276513186     Document Type: Article

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