Doppler-derived ejection intraventricular pressure gradients provide a reliable assessment of left ventricular systolic chamber function

Circulation

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1771-1779

  Yotti, Raquel ^a   Bermejo, Javier ^a   Desco, M Mar ^a   Antoranz, J Carlos ^b   Rojo Álvarez, José Luis ^c   Cortina, Cristina ^a   Allué, Carmen ^a   Rodríguez Abella, Hugo ^a   Moreno, Mar ^a   García Fernández, Miguel A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Hemodynamics; Imaging; Pressure; Systole

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEART BEAT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HEART PRELOAD; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MINIPIG; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTOLE;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANIMAL; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 25444485421     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.485128     Document Type: Article

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