Clinical utility of multimodality la imaging: Assessment of size, function, and structure

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 788-798

  To, Andrew C Y ^a   Flamm, Scott D ^a   Marwick, Thomas H ^a   Klein, Allan L ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac function; cardiac structure; left atrium; multimodality imaging

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC IMAGING; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REVIEW; SPECKLE TRACKING; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960305092     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.02.018     Document Type: Review

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