Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 84-89 , January 2008

Accuracy and Reproducibility of Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography for Assessment of Right Ventricular Volumes and Ejection Fraction in Children

  • Xiuzhang Lu

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas
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  • Vyacheslav Nadvoretskiy

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Liping Bu

      Affiliations

    • University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
    • ,
  • Alan Stolpen

      Affiliations

    • University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
    • ,
  • Nancy Ayres

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Ricardo H. Pignatelli

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • John P. Kovalchin

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas
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  • Michelle Grenier

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas
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  • Berthold Klas

      Affiliations

    • TomTec Imaging Systems, Munich, Germany
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  • Shuping Ge, MD

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas
    • Texas Heart Institute/St Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas.
    • 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.

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doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.05.009

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 84-89 , January 2008

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