Several sources of error in estimation of left ventricular mass with M-mode echocardiography in elderly subjects

Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 258-264

  Ebeling Barbier, Charlotte ^a   Johansson, Lars ^a,b   Lind, Lars ^a   Ahlström, Hkan ^a   Bjerner, Tomas ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Left ventricular mass; M mode echocardiography; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AGED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 80855148098     PISSN: 03009734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009734.2011.596586     Document Type: Article

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