New options in noninvasive assessment of left ventricular torsion

Future Cardiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-61

  Yoon, Andrew J ^a,b   Bella, Jonathan N ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Left ventricle; Torsion

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE TORSION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

HUMANS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; TORSION ABNORMALITY; TORSION, MECHANICAL; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 66949118600     PISSN: 14796678     EISSN: 17448298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/14796678.5.1.51     Document Type: Review

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