Objective quantification of global and regional left ventricular systolic function by endocardial tracking of contrast echocardiographic sequences

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-56

  Bermejo, Javier ^a   Timperley, Jonathan ^b   Odreman, Rodolfo G ^a   Mulet, Miguel ^c   Noble, J Alison ^d   Banning, Adrian P ^b   Yotti, Raquel ^a   Pérez David, Esther ^a   Declerck, Jérôme ^c   Becher, Harald ^b   García Fernández, Miguel A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Mirada Solutions Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital processing; Echocardiography; Imaging; Left ventricle; Systolic function

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DOBUTAMINE; PERFLUTREN; SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALBUMINS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; ROC CURVE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 38149001454     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.12.091     Document Type: Article

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