Intracardiac flow visualization: Current status and future directions

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1029-1038

  Muñoz, Daniel Rodriguez ^a   Markl, Michael ^b,c   Mur, José Luis Moya ^a   Barker, Alex ^b   Fernández Golfín, Covadonga ^a   Lancellotti, Patrizio ^d   Gómez, José Luis Zamorano ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flow mapping; Intracardiac flow; Multimodality imaging; Vortex flow

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS;

FLOW MAPPING; INTRACARDIAC FLOW; MULTIMODALITY IMAGING; VORTEX FLOW;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84885928303     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jet086     Document Type: Review

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