Prediction of contractile reserve by cyclic variation of integrated backscatter of the myocardium in patients with chronic left ventricular dysfunction

Heart

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 165-170

  Muro, T ^a   Ota, T ^a   Watanabe, H ^a   Teragaki, M ^a   Takeuchi, K ^a   Yoshikawa, J ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic properties of myocardium; Contractile reserve; Cyclic variation of integrated backscatter; Left ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ACOUSTICS; AKINESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART CYCLE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034768519     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.85.2.165     Document Type: Article

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