Left ventricular function assessment using a fast 3D gradient echo pulse sequence: Comparison to standard multi-breath hold 2D steady state free precession imaging and accounting for papillary muscles and trabeculations

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-357

  Sievers, Burkhard ^a   Schrader, Sebastian ^b   Rehwald, Wolfgang ^c   Hunold, Peter ^d   Barkhausen, Joerg ^d   Erbel, Raimund ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging; Ejection fraction; Fast imaging; Gradient echo sequences; Ventricular volumes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEADY STATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79958072415     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.66.3.2114135     Document Type: Article

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