Improved reliability for echocardiographic measurement of left ventricular volume using harmonic power imaging mode combined with contrast agent

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1234-1238

  Lafitte, Stéphane ^a   Dos Santos, Pierre ^c   Kerouani, Akem ^d   Robhan, Thomas ^b   Roudaut, Raymond ^a  

^a Inst Federatif Rech C   (France)

^b Schering SA France   (France)

^c ATL France   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHU 508;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0034656962     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00734-7     Document Type: Article

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