Echocardiography in congenital heart disease: Usefulness, limits and new techniques

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-22

  Pacileo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Di Salvo, Giovanni ^a   Limongelli, Giuseppe ^a   Miele, Tiziana ^a   Calabrò, Raffaele ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Echocardiography; Strain strain rate

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTERIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART ATRIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 33846576640     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000247430.36581.c2     Document Type: Review

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