Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography versus two-dimensional echocardiography in the diagnosis of left ventricular apical thrombi: Preliminary findings

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 412-418

  Chamoun, Antonio J ^a   McCulloch, Marti ^a   Xie, Tianrong ^a   Shah, Sangeeta ^a   Ahmad, Masood ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; stroke; Three dimensional echocardiography; Thrombus; Two dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; C SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0141508000     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10199     Document Type: Article

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