Clinical Relevancy of the Myocardial Velocity Gradient: Limitations of a Binary Response

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1217-1225

  Veyrat, Colette ^a   Pellerin, Denis ^b   Larrazet, Fabrice ^d   Cohen, Laurent ^c  

^a INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0344736970     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.echo.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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