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

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-46

  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   Peŕez 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

ANALYTIC METHOD; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART HEART VENTRICLE DYSSYNCHRONY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ROOT; PULMONARY VALVE; PULMONARY VALVE DISEASE; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCURVY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKFLOW;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; EUROPE; HEART VALVES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STROKE VOLUME; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84860257641     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jer316     Document Type: Review

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