Recommendations for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography - Tập 22 Số 2 - Trang 107-133 - 2009
Sherif F. Nagueh1, Christopher P. Appleton2, Thierry Gillebert3, Paolo Marino4, Jae K. Oh5, Otto A. Smiseth6, Alan D. Waggoner7, Frank A. Flachskampf8, Patricia A. Pellikka5, Arturo Evangelista9
1Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, TX
2Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
3University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
4Eastern Piedmont University, Novara, Italy
5Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
6University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
7Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
8University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
9Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

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