The use of multimodality cardiovascular imaging to assess right ventricular size and function

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 214, Issue , 2016, Pages 54-69

  Surkova, Elena ^a,b   Muraru, Denisa ^a   Iliceto, Sabino ^a   Badano, Luigi P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SAMARA STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance; Computed tomography; Reference values; Right ventricle; Three dimensional echocardiography; Two dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE SHAPE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MUSCLE STRAIN; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CINE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84964060162     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.03.074     Document Type: Review

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