Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 147-155 , March 1996

Three-dimensional echocardiography: The influence of number of component images on accuracy of left ventricular volume quantitation

  • Samuel C. Siu, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Cardiac Unit of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Harvard Medical School. Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • ,
  • J.Miguel Rivera, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Cardiac Unit of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Harvard Medical School. Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • ,
  • Mark D. Handschumacher, BS

      Affiliations

    • From the Cardiac Unit of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Harvard Medical School. Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • ,
  • Arthur E. Weyman, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Cardiac Unit of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Harvard Medical School. Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • ,
  • Robert A. Levine, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Cardiac Unit of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Harvard Medical School. Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Established Investigator of the American Heart Association.
    • ,
  • Michael H. Picard, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Cardiac Unit of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Harvard Medical School. Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Michael H. Picard, MD, Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory, VBK508, Massachusetts General Hospital, Fruit St., Boston, MA 02114.

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☆ Supported in part by research awards from the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (S.C.S.), the Medical Research Council of Canada (S.C.S.), the Spanish Ministry of Health (J.M.R.), the American Heart Foundation (R.A.L.), and the National Institutes of Health (grant HL-38176, R.A.L.).

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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 147-155 , March 1996

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