Tissue Doppler imaging for the assessment of left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 431-442

  Isaaz, Karl ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTOLE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036753232     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-200209000-00001     Document Type: Review

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