Tissue Doppler echocardiography - A case of right tool, wrong use

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Thomas, George ^a  

^a Indira Gandhi Co operative Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Doppler studies; Echocardiography; Flow Doppler; Misuse; Tissue Doppler; Uses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HYPOTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOVEMENT; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 5044222643     PISSN: 14767120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-2-12     Document Type: Article

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