Validity of ejection fraction as a measure of myocardial functional state: Impact of asynchrony

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 613-618

  Blyakhman, Felix A ^a,b   Naidich, Anna M ^a,c   Kolchanova, Svetlana G ^b   Sokolov, Sergey Yu ^a,b   Kremleva, Yulia V ^d   Chestukhin, Vasily V ^d  

^a URAL STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b URAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Therapeutic Department   (Russian Federation)

^d SHUMAKOV NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF TRANSPLANTOLOGY AND ARTIFICIAL ORGANS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Ejection fraction; Left ventricle; Mechanical asynchrony; Regional wall motion; Ultrasound examination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 67650914571     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep010     Document Type: Article

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