Visually estimated left ventricular ejection fraction by echocardiography is closely correlated with formal quantitative methods

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-212

  Gudmundsson, Petri ^a,b   Rydberg, Erik ^a   Winter, Reidar ^a   Willenheimer, Ronnie ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Eyeballing; Systolic function; Visual ejection fraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 18344367637     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.03.027     Document Type: Article

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