Assessment of systolic left ventricular function: A multi-centre comparison of cineventriculography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, unenhanced and contrast-enhanced echocardiography

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 607-616

  Hoffmann, Rainer ^a   Von Bardeleben, Stephan ^b   Ten Cate, Folkert ^c   Borges, Adrian C ^d   Kasprzak, Jaroslaw ^e   Firschke, Christian ^f   Lafitte, Stephane ^g   Al Saadi, Nidal ^d   Kuntz Hehner, Stefanie ^h   Engelhardt, Marc ⁱ   Becher, Harald ^j   Vanoverschelde, Jean Louis ^k  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Medical University of Lodz Bieganski Hospital   (Poland)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

ⁱ Bracco Research USA   (United States)

^j JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Cineventriculography; Contrast echocardiography; Echocardiography; Left ventricular function; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART CINEVENTRICULOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STANDARD; SYSTOLE;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULOGRAPHY, FIRST-PASS;

EID: 20144389112     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi083     Document Type: Article

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