Real-time 3-Dimensional Echocardiography Demonstrates Size and Extent of Acute Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 538.e1-538.e3

  Little, Stephen H ^a   Ramasubbu, Kumudha ^a   Zoghbi, William A ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FATALITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34247632596     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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