Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 541-548 , September 2010

One- and Two-dimensional Estimation of Right and Left Ventricular Size and Function—Comparison with Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Volumetric Analysis

  • Heinz B. Pfluger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Hospital Heart Centre and Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Heart Centre, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne 3004, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Micha T. Maeder, MD

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Hospital Heart Centre and Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Heart Centre, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne 3004, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Andre LaGerche, MD

      Affiliations

    • St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Andrew J. Taylor, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Hospital Heart Centre and Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Heart Centre, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne 3004, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 390763263; fax: +61 390762461.

Received 7 October 2009 ,Revised 23 February 2010 ,Accepted 4 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.03.003

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 541-548 , September 2010

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