Assessment of right ventricular function in patients with congestive heart failure by echocardiographic automated boundary detection.
In patients with chronic heart failure, echocardiographic automated boundary detection (ABD) can reliably assess right ventricular function. The measurements obtained by ABD were highly reproducible, strongly correlated with radionuclide right ventricular ejection fraction, and superior to those obtained by conventional manual echocardiographic methods.
Forni
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Maugeri Foundation, Institute of Care and Scientific Research, Medical Center, Montescano (Pavia), Italy.
Pozzoli
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M
Cannizzaro
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G
Traversi
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E
Calsamiglia
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G
Rossi
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D
Cobelli
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F
Tavazzi
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L
D004562:Electrocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D015588:Observer Variation; D011875:Radionuclide Angiography; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D014463:Ultrasonography; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000502:physiology*