Echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular structure and function: New modalities and potential applications in clinical trials

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-172

  Kalogeropoulos, Andreas P ^a   Georgiopoulou, Vasiliki V ^a   Gheorghiade, Mihai ^b   Butler, Javed ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical trials as topic; Echocardiography; ventricular dysfunction left; ventricular function left

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIASTOLE; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84856468292     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2011.10.019     Document Type: Review

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