Echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular volumes: A comparison of different techniques in children after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 596-604

  Dragulescu, Andrea ^a   Grosse Wortmann, Lars ^a   Fackoury, Cheryl ^a   Mertens, Luc ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Right ventricular volume; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC VOLUME; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

EID: 84863857938     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer278     Document Type: Article

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