Cardiac Imaging
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Live 3D images in minutes
Dr. Roberto Lang, Director of NoninvasiveCardiac Imaging Labs at University of Chicago Hospitals
“With the iE33, in just minutes I have a 3D image, an accurate ejection fraction, and can measure synchronicity – right at the patient’s bedside.”
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Echocardiography in Heart Failure—Current Applications
Authors: Ernesto E. Salcedo, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASE
Echocardiography is uniquely suited to characterize anatomical and functional abnormalities in patients at risk of developing heart failure, or suspected of having heart failure.
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Echocardiography in the Detection and Monitoring of Heart Failure
Author: Jose L Zamorano
New imaging and analysis technologies in echo-cardiography that are directed at improving accuracy and reproducibility in HF assessment and monitoring.
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Echocardiographic Assessment of Dyssynchrony for Predicting a Favorable Response
Authors: M Prutkin, M A Chen, R W Rho, and E A Gill
Numerous clinical trials involving patients with severe symptomatic heart failure and a wide QRS complex have shown benefits from cardiac resynchronization therapy.
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Technology and Services
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Two-dimensional Echocardiographic Image Quality
Authors: James N Kirkpatrick and Mani A Vannan
Morphologic assessment by echocardiography can provide important diagnostic clues and, often, the definitive diagnosis of the underlying aetiology.
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Fast measurement of Left Ventricular Mass
Authors: Mor-Avi V, Sugeng L, Weinert L, MacEneaney P, Caiani EG, Koch R, Salgo I, Lang RM.
Circulation- 2004, 110, 1814-1818.
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A novel technique to quantify global left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony
Authors: Kapetanakis S, Kearney MT, Siva A, Gall N, Cooklin M, Monaghan MJ.
Circulation- 2005 112: 992 – 1000.
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Rapid on-line quantification of left ventricular volume
Jacobs L, Salgo I, Goonewardena, Weinert L, Coon Authors: P, Bardo D, Gerard O, Allain P, Zamorano J, de Islan L, Mor-Avi V, Lang RM.
European Heart Journal- Nov 30, 2005 (subscription required)
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Assessment of the Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Authors: Zhang Q, Yu CM, Fung J, Zhang Y, Chan Y, Chang H, Yip G, Sanderson J.
The American Journal of Cardiology- Jan 1 2005, 95: 126-128. (subscription required)
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