Comparison of echocardiographic single-plane versus biplane method in the assessment of left atrial volume and validation by real time three-dimensional echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 954-960

  Russo, Cesare ^a   Hahn, Rebecca T ^a   Jin, Zhezhen ^a   Homma, Shunichi ^a   Sacco, Ralph L ^b,c   Di Tullio, Marco R ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Biplane; Echocardiography; Left atrium; Single plane; Three dimensional; Volume

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIPLANE METHOD; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SINGLE PLANE METHOD; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; CARDIAC VOLUME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77956182938     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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