Correlation between estimated ejection fraction measured by echocardiography with ejection fraction estimated by cardiac catheterization in patients awaiting cardiac transplantation

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 571-573

  Murarka, Shishir ^a   Attaran, Robert ^b   Movahed, Mohammad Reza ^b,c  

^a Banner Estrella Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac dysfunction; cardiac transplant; left ventriculography; transplant evaluation; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 79551537597     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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