Clinical relevance of left ventricular volumes and function assessed by gated SPECT in paediatric patients

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-134

  El Maghraby, Tarek Abdel Fattah ^a,b   El Rahman, Naglaa Abd ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2D echocardiography; Ejection fraction; Gated SPECT; Lef ventricular volumes

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REST; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 1542498777     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CAIM.0000014071.79826.1f     Document Type: Article

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