Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 7 , Pages 1098-1103 , July 2007

Validation of Isovolumic Relaxation Flow Propagation Velocity as an Index of Ventricular Relaxation

  • Wen-Chol Voon

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Wen-Chol Voon, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
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  • Ho-Ming Su

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Hsueh-Wei Yen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Tsung-Hsien Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Wen-Ter Lai

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Sheng-Hsiung Sheu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Received 3 August 2006 ,Revised 25 December 2006 ,Accepted 14 January 2007.

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PII: S0301-5629(07)00045-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.01.010

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 7 , Pages 1098-1103 , July 2007

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