Circumflex artery motion; a new angiographic method for assessment of left ventricular function

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 80-86

  Kähäri, Anders ^a   Emilsson, Kent ^a   Danielewicz, Mikael ^a   Andersson, Torbjörn ^a   Wandt, Birger ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular plane displacement; Circumflex artery motion; Coronary angiography; Left ventricular ejection fraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0038820375     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430310001195     Document Type: Article

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