Assessment of myocardial ventricular function in donor hearts: Is isovolumic acceleration measured by tissue Doppler the Holy Grail?

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Cheung, Michael M H ^a   Redington, Andrew N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL VIABILITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 4644253565     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.06.018     Document Type: Article

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