Comparison and co-relation of invasive and noninvasive methods of ejection fraction measurement

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1227-1234

  Godkar, Darshan ^a   Bachu, Kalyan ^a   Dave, Bijal ^a   Megna, Robert ^a   Niranjan, Selva ^a   Khanna, Ashok ^a  

^a State University of New York Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Imaging

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 37049030818     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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