Core lab, no core lab or automated LVEF?

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 239-240

  St John Sutton, Martin ^a   Plappert, Ted ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORE LABORATORY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34250763221     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2007.03.022     Document Type: Editorial

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