Color M-mode echocardiography is more reproducible than conventional M-mode echocardiography for septal-to-posterior wall motion delay measurements

Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 821-826

  Sorrell, Vincent L ^a,b   Ross, William D ^a   Gregoire, Jeff ^a   Ata, Imran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Color M mode; Echocardiography; M mode; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 51349101222     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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