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The clinical value of phase-contrast CMR mitral inflow diastolic parameters: comparison with echocardiography

✍ Scribed by Emilie Bollache; Alban Redheuil; Carine Defrance; Ludivine Perdrix; Benoît Diebold; Elie Mousseaux; Nadjia Kachenoura

Publisher: BioMed Central
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 189 KB
Volume: 13
Category: Article
ISSN: 1097-6647
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-13-s1-p32

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✦ Synopsis

To evaluate the ability of phase-contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance (PC-CMR) blood flow diastolic parameters to characterize left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction.

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