American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 5 , Pages 882.e1-882.e8 , May 2009

Real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography early after acute myocardial infarction: Incremental value of echo-contrast for assessment of left ventricular function

  • Gaetano Nucifora, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, University Hospital “Santa Maria della Misericordia,” Udine, Italy
    • Gaetano Nucifora, MD, and Nina Ajmone Marsan, MD, contributed equally to this article and are shared first authors.
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  • Nina Ajmone Marsan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Gaetano Nucifora, MD, and Nina Ajmone Marsan, MD, contributed equally to this article and are shared first authors.
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  • Eduard R. Holman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Hans-Marc J. Siebelink, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Jacob M. van Werkhoven, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Arthur J. Scholte, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Ernst E. van der Wall, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • The Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of The Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Martin J. Schalij, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD, Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Albinusdreef 2, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.

Received 22 November 2008 ,Accepted 3 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.02.002

American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 5 , Pages 882.e1-882.e8 , May 2009

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