Reliability of Visual Assessment of Global and Segmental Left Ventricular Function: A Multicenter Study by the Israeli Echocardiography Research Group

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 258-264

  Blondheim, David S ^a   Beeri, Ronen ^b   Feinberg, Micha S ^c   Vaturi, Mordehay ^d   Shimoni, Sarah ^e   Fehske, Wolfgang ^f   Sagie, Alik ^d   Rosenmann, David ^g   Lysyansky, Peter ^h   Deutsch, Lisa ^h   Leitman, Marina ⁱ   Kuperstein, Rafael ^c   Hay, Ilan ^c   Gilon, Dan ^b   Friedman, Zvi ^h   Agmon, Yoram ^j   Tsadok, Yossi ^k   Liel Cohen, Noah ^l  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f ST VINZENZ HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^g SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h GE HEALTHCARE   (Israel)

ⁱ ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^j RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^k BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^l BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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Author keywords

Echocardiography; Ejection fraction; Reliability; Variability; Wall motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEGMENTAL WALL MOTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77449136590     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.12.020     Document Type: Article

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