Utility of transthoracic echocardiography to estimate severity of right ventricular dysfunction: An MRI comparison study

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 251-261

  Kapa, Suraj ^a,b   Elias, Richard ^b   Connolly, Heidi J ^b   Syed, Imran S ^b   Asirvatham, Samuel J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; MRI; Right ventricular function; Transthoracic echocardiogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 84861481584     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-9810-9     Document Type: Article

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