Role of echocardiography in the differential diagnosis of chronic heart failure;Contributo dell'ecocardiografia alla diagnosi eziologica nel paziente con scompenso cardiaco cronico

Italian Heart Journal Supplement

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1311-1316

  Pinamonti, B ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedal 'Ospedali Riuniti'   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathies; Congestive heart failure; Echocardiography; Left ventricular dysfunction; Left ventricular restrictive filling

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW;

CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0033738474     PISSN: 11294728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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