Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 423-431.e6 , April 2010

Can Isovolumic Acceleration Be Used in Clinical Practice to Estimate Ventricular Contractile Function? Reproducibility and Regional Variation of a New Noninvasive Index

  • Andrei D. Margulescu, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila,” Department of Cardiology, University and Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Andrei D. Margulescu, MD, Department of Cardiology, University and Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, 169 Splaiul Independentei, Sector 5, 050098, Bucharest, Romania
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  • Dewi E. Thomas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Wales Heart Research Institute, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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  • Thomas E. Ingram, MD

      Affiliations

    • Wales Heart Research Institute, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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  • Vlad D. Vintila, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila,” Department of Cardiology, University and Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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  • Margaret A. Egan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Wales Heart Research Institute, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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  • Dragos Vinereanu, MD, PhD, FESC (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila,” Department of Cardiology, University and Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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  • Alan G. Fraser, MD, FESC

      Affiliations

    • Wales Heart Research Institute, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

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 This work was supported by Grant no. 242/2007 of the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research to A.D.M. and D.V.

PII: S0894-7317(10)00047-7

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.01.008

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 423-431.e6 , April 2010

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