Noninvasive modalities for the assessment of left ventricular function: All are equal but some are more equal than others

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 445-449

  Lim, Tiong Keng ^a   Senior, Roxy ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STROKE VOLUME; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33746976687     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2006.05.011     Document Type: Editorial

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