American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 92, Issue 5 , Pages 554-560 , 1 September 2003

Second-generation tissue Doppler with angle-corrected color-coded wall displacement for quantitative assessment of regional left ventricular function

  • L.Elif Sade, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Donald A. Severyn, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Hideaki Kanzaki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Kaoru Dohi, MD
    • ,
  • John Gorcsan III, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: John Gorcsan III, MD, University of Pittsburgh, Scaife Hall, S564, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-2582, USA.

Received 14 April 2003 ,Revised 16 May 2003 ,Accepted 16 May 2003.

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☆ Dr. Gorcsan was supported in part by award K24 HL04503-01 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, and by National Grant-in-Aid # 0050587N from the American Heart Association, Dallas, Texas.

PII: S0002-9149(03)00724-0

doi: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00724-0

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 92, Issue 5 , Pages 554-560 , 1 September 2003

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