Impact of Second Harmonic Imaging on the Determination of the Global and Regional Left Ventricular Function by 2D Echocardiography: A Comparison with MIBI Gated SPECT

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 122-129

  Van Camp, G ^a   Franken, P R ^a   Schoors, D ^a   Hagers, Y ^a   Koole, M ^a   Demoor, D ^a   Melis, P ^a   Block, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

LVEF; LVWMSI; MIBI gated SPECT; Second harmonic echocardiography.

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034197170     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euje.2000.0012     Document Type: Article

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