The Year in Echocardiography

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1558-1567

  Weyman, Arthur E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

2008; echocardiography; year

Indexed keywords

BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; TORSION ABNORMALITY; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 64649099136     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.01.042     Document Type: Review

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