Tissue tracking allows rapid and accurate visual evaluation of left ventricular function

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 197-202

  Pan, C ^a   Hoffmann, R ^a   Kuhl H ^a   Severin, E ^a   Franke, A ^a   Hanrath, P ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler tissue imaging; Left ventricular function; Tissue tracking

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; TISSUE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034853863     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euje.2001.0098     Document Type: Article

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