Tissue Doppler echocardiography - Is it of clinical relevance?;Gewebedopplerechokardiographie - Bereits von klinischer bedeutung?

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 677-684

  Hoffmann, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

LV function; Stress echocardiography; Tissue Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036744287     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-002-0824-0     Document Type: Review

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