American Heart Journal
Volume 155, Issue 5 , Pages 946-953 , May 2008

How accurately, reproducibly, and efficiently can we measure left ventricular indices using M-mode, 2-dimensional, and 3-dimensional echocardiography in children?

  • Xiuzhang Lu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
    • Currently at Fu Wai Hospital/Chinese Cardiovascular Institute, Beijing, PR China.
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  • Mingxing Xie, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
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  • David Tomberlin, ARRT(R), RDCS, RVT

      Affiliations

    • Philips Medical Systems, Andover, MA
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  • Berthold Klas, BS

      Affiliations

    • TomTec Imaging Systems, Munich, Germany
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  • Vyacheslav Nadvoretskiy, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
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  • Nancy Ayres, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
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  • Jeffrey Towbin, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
    • Texas Heart Institute/St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX
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  • Shuping Ge, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
    • Texas Heart Institute/St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Shuping Ge, MD, The Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, 6621 Fannin, MC 19345-C, Houston, TX 77030.

Received 3 September 2007 ,Accepted 12 November 2007.

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 This study is supported by an American Heart Association Scientist Development Award (0435319N)(SG).

PII: S0002-8703(07)00992-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.11.034

American Heart Journal
Volume 155, Issue 5 , Pages 946-953 , May 2008

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