Left ventricular ejection fraction measurements: Accuracy and prognostic implications in a large population of patients with known or suspected ischemic heart disease

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 793-801

  Gimelli, Alessia ^a   Landi, Patrizia ^a   Marraccini, Paolo ^a   Sicari, Rosa ^a   Frumento, Paolo ^b   L'Abbate, Antonio ^c   Rovai, Daniele ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Ejection fraction; Left ventriculography; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 55349117087     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-008-9317-1     Document Type: Article

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