Tissue Doppler echocardiography

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-378

  Ng, A C T ^a   Thomas, L ^a   Leung, D Y ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echocardiography, Doppler; Heart diseases; Heart function test

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 77957668596     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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