Right ventricular function by MRI

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 451-455

  Goetschalckx, Kaatje ^a   Rademakers, Frank ^b   Bogaert, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; interventricular dependency; pulmonary artery hypertension

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 77955468324     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32833b78e6     Document Type: Review

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