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Reliability and Accuracy of Echocardiography for Follow-up Studies after Intervention

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Digital Techniques in Echocardiography

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 64))

Abstract

By two-dimensional echocardiography limitations of M-mode echocardiography have been eliminated. As a direct and noninvasive method two-dimensional echocardiography seems to be an ideal method for analysis of left ventricular function in follow-up studies. In relation to other methods there are no limitations concerning x-ray exposure, physicians and patients safety. Before different studies can be discussed, reliability and accuracy of two-dimensional echocardiography have to be evaluated. Beat-to-beat, day-to-day, intra- and interobserver variability will be discussed, followed by description of follow-up studies after intervention.

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  1. Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

    R. Erbel, R. Zotz, B. Henkel, G. Schreiner, C. Steuernagel, R. Zahn, H. Kopp, W. Clas, R. Brennecke, P. Schweizer & J. Meyer

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Erbel, R. et al. (1987). Reliability and Accuracy of Echocardiography for Follow-up Studies after Intervention. In: Roelandt, J. (eds) Digital Techniques in Echocardiography. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 64. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3307-1_10

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