Doppler myocardial imaging. A new tool to assess regional inhomogeneity in cardiac function

Basic Research in Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 595-605

  Weidemann, Frank ^a   Kowalski, Miroslaw ^a   D'hooge, Jan ^b   Bijnens, Bart ^a   Sutherland, George R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deformation indices; Doppler myocardial imaging; Regional function; Segmental motion

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCULATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 0035195163     PISSN: 03008428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003950170011     Document Type: Article

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