Assessment of regional left ventricular function by Dual Source Computed Tomography: Interobserver variability and validation to laevocardiography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-91

  Pflederer, T ^a   Ho, K T ^b   Anger, T ^a   Krahner R ^a   Ropers, D ^a   Muschiol, G ^a   Renz, A ^a   Daniel, W G ^a   Achenbach, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dual Source Computed Tomography; Laevocardiography; Left ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL CONTRACTION; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATIONS; CARDIAC CT; CARDIAC CYCLES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DATA SETS; DUAL SOURCE; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; INTRAVENOUS INJECTIONS; LAEVOCARDIOGRAPHY; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; MATRIX; MEAN AGES; MOTION ARTIFACT; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; REGIONAL LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; ROTATION TIME; SEGMENT MODELS; SEGMENT-BASED; SLICE THICKNESS; TRANSAXIAL; TUBE CURRENTS; WALL MOTION;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SHRINKAGE;

SET THEORY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CINEANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLE; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CINEVENTRICULOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 70349775230     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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