Improved agreement between experienced and inexperienced observers using a standardized evaluation protocol for cardiac volumetry and infarct size measurement

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Volumn 184, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1131-1137

  Groth, M ^a   Muellerleile, K ^a   Klink, T ^a   Saring D ^a   Halaj, S ^a   Folwarski, G ^a   Kaul, M ^a   Bannas, P ^a   Adam, G ^a   Lund, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardiac; ischemia infarction; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC VOLUMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; CARDIAC VOLUME; CARDIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SYSTOLE;

EID: 84870496965     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: 14389010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1313171     Document Type: Article

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