Utility of echocardiography in the evaluation of individuals with cardiomyopathy

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 707-712

  Wood, Malissa J ^a,b   Picard, Michael H ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COST; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REVIEW; SAFETY; STROKE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 2442700160     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.024778     Document Type: Review

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