Current clinical application of intracardiac flow analysis using echocardiography

Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 155-162

  Hong, Geu Ru ^a   Kim, Minji ^b   Pedrizzetti, Gianni ^c   Vannan, Mani A ^d  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d PIEDMONT HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Intracardiac flow; Particle image velocimetry; Vortex

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PREDICTION; REVIEW; VECTOR FLOW MAPPING; VORTEX MOTION;

EID: 84891547249     PISSN: 19754612     EISSN: 20059655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4250/jcu.2013.21.4.155     Document Type: Review

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