Three-dimensional echocardiography with tissue harmonic imaging shows excellent reproducibility in assessment of left ventricular volumes

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 612-617

  Kim, W Yong ^a   Sogaard, Peter ^a   Egeblad, Henrik ^a   Andersen, Niels Trolle ^a   Kristensen, Bent Ø ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARATUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035188425     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2001.112835     Document Type: Conference Paper

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