One stop cardiac investigation 'CT or echocardiography': Beyond ejection fraction

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-329

  Chung, Robin ^a   Zidan, Mamdouh ^b   Henein, Michael Y ^c  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREMEDICATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 45149085901     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-007-9268-y     Document Type: Editorial

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