Contrast-enhanced quantitation of left ventricular ejection fraction: What is the best method?

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1183-1190

  Dias, Bryan F ^a   Yu, Eric H C ^a,b   Sloggett, Cairrine E ^a   Iwanochko, R Mark ^a   Rakowski, Harry ^a   Siu, Samuel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; STANNOUS PYROPHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA;

EID: 0035213130     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2001.115981     Document Type: Article

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