Developments in echocardiographic techniques for the evaluation of ventricular function in children

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 103, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 603-614

  Dragulescu, Andreea ^a   Mertens, Luc L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Speckle tracking; Tissue Doppler; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 78650169466     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2010.09.004     Document Type: Review

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