Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 258-264 , March 2010

Reliability of Visual Assessment of Global and Segmental Left Ventricular Function: A Multicenter Study by the Israeli Echocardiography Research Group

  • David S. Blondheim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hillel-Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: David S. Blondheim, MD, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel.
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  • Ronen Beeri, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Micha S. Feinberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Mordehay Vaturi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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  • Sarah Shimoni, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
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  • Wolfgang Fehske, MD

      Affiliations

    • St Vinzenz Hospital, Cologne, Germany
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  • Alik Sagie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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  • David Rosenmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Peter Lysyansky, PhD

      Affiliations

    • GE Healthcare, Haifa, Israel
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  • Lisa Deutsch, PhD

      Affiliations

    • GE Healthcare, Haifa, Israel
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  • Marina Leitman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
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  • Rafael Kuperstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Ilan Hay, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Dan Gilon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Zvi Friedman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • GE Healthcare, Haifa, Israel
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  • Yoram Agmon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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  • Yossi Tsadok, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
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  • Noah Liel-Cohen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel

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 Conflicts of interest: Drs Lysyansky and Friedman work for GE Healthcare and are involved in developing echocardiography software for the automatic detection and quantification of left ventricular wall motion abnormalities and function.

PII: S0894-7317(09)01206-1

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.12.020

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 258-264 , March 2010

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