Cardiac toxicity screening by echocardiography in healthy volunteers: A study of the effects of diurnal variation and use of a core laboratory on the reproducibility of left ventricular function measurement

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 502-507

  Bull, Sacha C ^a   Main, Michael L ^b,e   Stevens, Gary R ^c   Goldman, Jonathan H ^c   Constable, Simon A ^d   Becher, Harald ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute   (United States)

^c ICON Medical Imaging   (United States)

^d ICON Development Solutions   (United States)

^e Cardiovascular Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

diastolic function; diurnal variation; echocardiography; left ventricular function; research unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE LABORATORY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956143089     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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