Assessment of left ventricular asynchrony using volume-time curves of 16 segments by real-time 3 dimensional echocardiography: Comparison with tissue Doppler imaging

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-67

  Park, Seong Mi ^a   Kim, Ki Chang ^a   Jeon, Min Jae ^a   Lee, Chang Kun ^a   Kim, Dae Hyeok ^a   Park, Keum Soo ^a   Lee, Woo Hyung ^a   Kwan, Jun ^a  

^a Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Left ventricular asynchrony; Real time 3 dimensional echocardiography; Tissue Doppler imaging; Volume time curves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; SYSTOLE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33846110256     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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