Reliability of echocardiographic indices of dyssynchrony

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-46

  Gabriel, Ruvin S ^a   Bakshi, Tapash K ^a   Scott, Anthony G ^a   Christiansen, Jonathan P ^a   Patel, Hitesh ^a   Wong, Selwyn P ^a   Armstrong, Guy P ^a,b  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Doppler; Dyssynchrony; Echocardiography; Reliability; Reproducibility; Tissue Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC EJECTION DELAY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY; OBSERVER BIAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST;

ARRHYTHMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33845965648     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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