Anatomical M-mode: An old-new technique

Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 357-361

  Carerj, Scipione ^a,c   Micari, Antonio ^a   Trono, Antonio ^a   Giordano, Guido ^b   Cerrito, Marco ^a   Zito, Concetta ^a   Luzza, Francesco ^a   Coglitore, Sebastiano ^a   Arrigo, Francesco ^a   Oreto, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b CANNIZZARO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomic M mode; Conventional M mode; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 0038413561     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2003.03041.x     Document Type: Article

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