American Heart Journal
Volume 147, Issue 2 , Pages 218-223 , February 2004

Interstudy reproducibility of right ventricular volumes, function, and mass with cardiovascular magnetic resonance

  • Frank Grothues, MD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Advanced MR in Cardiology, Cardiovascular MR Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
    • Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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  • James C Moon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Advanced MR in Cardiology, Cardiovascular MR Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Nicholas G Bellenger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Advanced MR in Cardiology, Cardiovascular MR Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Gillian S Smith, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Advanced MR in Cardiology, Cardiovascular MR Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Helmut U Klein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Dudley J Pennell, MD, FRCP, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Advanced MR in Cardiology, Cardiovascular MR Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr Dudley J. Pennell, Professor of Cardiology, Centre for Advanced MR in Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW36NP, UK.

Received 5 May 2003 ,Accepted 10 October 2003.

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☆ Supported by CORDA and the Wellcome Trust (London, UK), ADUMED Foundation (Zurich, Switzerland), GlaxoSmithKline (Harlow, UK), and the British Heart Foundation (London, UK).

PII: S0002-8703(03)00711-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.10.005

American Heart Journal
Volume 147, Issue 2 , Pages 218-223 , February 2004

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