Assessment of diastolic function: What the general cardiologist needs to know

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 681-695

  Mottram, Philip M ^a   Marwick, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOLOGY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 17644402128     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.029413     Document Type: Review

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