Echocardiographic assessment of ventricular asynchrony in dilated cardiomyopathy and congenital heart disease: Tools and hopes

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1424-1439

  Vitarelli, Antonio ^a,d   Franciosa, Pasquale ^a   Conde, Ysabel ^a   Cimino, Ester ^a   Nguyen, Bich Lien ^a   Ciccaglione, Antonio ^a   Morichetti, Miguel Cortes ^b   Chachques, Juan Carlos ^b   Rosanio, Salvatore ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED CONTOUR TRACKING METHOD; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CLINICAL TRIALS; FORECASTING; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 29244466833     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2005.08.022     Document Type: Review

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