Determination of left ventricular ejection fraction using intravenous contrast and a semiautomated border detection algorithm

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-28

  Yu, Eric H C ^b   Skyba, Danny M ^a   Sloggett, Cairrine E ^c   Jamorski, Michal ^c   Iwanochko, R Mark ^c   Dias, Bryan F ^c   Rakowski, Harry ^c   Siu, Samuel C ^c  

^a ATL Ultrasound   (United States)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BODY SURFACE AREA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0037270568     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2003.39     Document Type: Article

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