Guest Editorial: Echocardiography and a quest of the promised land of the accurate assessment of cardiac mechanics

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 583-584

  Popović, Zoran B ^a   Thomas, James D ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART FUNCTION; IMAGE QUALITY; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MECHANICAL TORSION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; TORSION, MECHANICAL; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 67650917369     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep082     Document Type: Editorial

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