The repeatability of left ventricular volume assessment by a new ambulatory radionuclide monitoring system during head-up tilt

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 749-758

  Takase, Bonpei ^a   Hosaka, Haruhiko ^a   Kitamura, Kastuhiro ^b   Uehata, Akimi ^b   Satomura, Kimio ^a   Isojima, Kazushige ^b   Kosuda, Shigeru ^a   Kusano, Shoichi ^a   Kurita, Akira ^a   Ohsuzu, Fumitaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Self Defense Force Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambulatory radionuclide monitoring system; Head up tilt; Left ventricular volume

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; HEAD TILTING; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYNCOPE; TIME; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; CARDIAC VOLUME; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; POSTURE; TILT-TABLE TEST; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 18244409131     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.42.749     Document Type: Article

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