Advances in echocardiography

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 579-584

  Lopez, Leo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac morphology; Mechanical dyssynchrony; Speckle tracking echocardiography; Strain; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 73349120539     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32832ff38e     Document Type: Review

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