Non-invasive quantitation of myocardial fibrosis using combined tissue harmonic imaging and integrated backscatter analysis in dilated cardiomyopathy

Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-17

  Mizuno, Reiko ^a   Fujimoto, Shinichi ^a,b   Saito, Yoshihiko ^b   Nakamura, Shinobu ^a  

^a Department of General Medicine ^*  (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy; Integrated backscatter; Tissue harmonic imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34347324045     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095595     Document Type: Article

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