Evaluation of left ventricular structure and function by three-dimensional echocardiography

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 387-396

  Bhave, Nicole M ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3D echocardiography; Cardiac imaging; Left ventricle

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84885021051     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e328364d75e     Document Type: Review

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