Imaging studies in patients with heart failure: Current and evolving technologies

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Glassberg, Helene ^a   Kirkpatrick, James ^a   Ferrari, Victor A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DECISION MAKING; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 37549026463     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000297163.25900.63     Document Type: Article

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