Three-dimensional stress echocardiography: The promise and limitations of volumetric imaging

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 426-432

  Sawada, Stephen G ^a   Thomaides, Athanasios ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Noninvasive imaging; Stress echocardiography; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; THALLIUM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACT; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69749112916     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32832c76db     Document Type: Review

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