Quantitative left ventricular systolic function: From chamber to myocardium

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Dittoe, Nathaniel ^a   Stultz, David ^a   Schwartz, Brian P ^a   Hahn, Harvey S ^a,b  

^a KETTERING MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; Echocardiography; Ejection fraction; Left ventricular function; Mitral valve; Myocardium; Three dimensional imaging; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GEOMETRY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART WORK; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; VOLUMETRY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART; HUMANS; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34547616606     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000270245.70103.7E     Document Type: Review

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