The Growth and Growth of Cardiac Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Myocardial Function

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 790-792

  Marwick, Thomas H ^a   Narula, Jagat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIASTOLE; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYSTOLE;

BIOMECHANICS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION;

EID: 66649095643     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.04.001     Document Type: Editorial

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