Prediction of the left ventricular ejection fraction improvement using echocardiography and mechanical modeling

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 718-721

  Han, Hai Chao ^a   Martin, Randolph P ^c   Lerakis, George ^b   Lerakis, Stamatios ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Chattahoochee Technical College   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; REVASCULARIZATION;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOBUTAMINE; EXERCISE TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 21344447760     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2004.12.020     Document Type: Article

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