Normal Values of Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Function Derived from Signal-averaged Acoustic Quantification Waveforms: A Multicenter Study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1244-1251

  Spencer, Kirk T ^a   Mor Avi, Victor ^a   Kirkpatrick, Jim ^a   Gorcsan III, John ^b   Kimball, Thomas R ^c   Monaghan, Mark J ^d   Perez, Julio E ^e   Weinert, Lynn ^a   Bednarz, James ^a   Edelman, Kathy ^b   Glascock, Betty ^c   Hancock, Jane ^d   Baumann, Chris ^e   Lang, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; WAVEFORM;

EID: 10744230871     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.echo.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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