Towards assessment of left ventricular mechanics in true three dimensions

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1554-1555

  Delgado, Victoria ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Van Der Wall, Ernst E ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 67650086990     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp218     Document Type: Editorial

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