EAE/ASE recommendations for image acquisition and display using three-dimensional echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-46

  Lang, Roberto M ^a   Badano, Luigi P ^b   Tsang, Wendy ^a   Adams, David H ^c   Agricola, Eustachio ^d   Buck, Thomas ^e   Faletra, Francesco F ^f   Franke, Andreas ^g   Hung, Judy ^h   Pérez De Isla, Leopoldo ⁱ   Kamp, Otto ^j   Kasprzak, Jaroslaw D ^k   Lancellotti, Patrizio ^l   Marwick, Thomas H ^m   McCulloch, Marti L ⁿ   Monaghan, Mark J ^o   Nihoyannopoulos, Petros ^p   Pandian, Natesa G ^q   Pellikka, Patricia A ^r   Pepi, Mauro ^s   Roberson, David A ^t   Shernan, Stanton K ^u   Shirali, Girish S ^v   Sugeng, Lissa ^w   Ten Cate, Folkert J ^x   Vannan, Mani A ^y   Zamorano, Jose Luis ⁱ   Zoghbi, William A ⁿ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^f DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^g Klinikum Region Hannover Siloah   (Germany)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^j VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^m LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁿ HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^p IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^q TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^r MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^s CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^t Heart Institute for Children   (United States)

^u HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^v MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^w YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^y ASE Writing Group   (United States)

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Author keywords

Echocardiography; Three dimensional; Transesophageal; Transthoracic; Two dimensional

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PULMONARY VALVE; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATA DISPLAY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; EUROPE; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84055198661     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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