New Techniques for the Assessment of Regional Left Ventricular Wall Motion

Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 659-672

  Garcia Fernandez, Miguel Angel ^a,d   Bermejo, Javier ^a   Perez David, Esther ^a   Lopez Fernandez, Teresa ^a   Ledesma, Maria Jesus ^a   Caso, Pio ^c   Malpica, Norberto ^b   Santos, Andres ^b   Moreno, Mar ^a   Desco, Manuel ^a  

^a Hosp Universitariuo Gregorio M   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doppler; Myocardial velocity; Ventricular function; Wall motion

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER TISSUE IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE; TECHNIQUE;

AGING; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 10744227210     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2003.t01-1-03036.x     Document Type: Article

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