Assessment of left ventricular long axis contraction can detect early myocardial dysfunction in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic regurgitation

Heart

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 30-36

  Vinereanu, D ^a   Ionescu, A A ^a   Fraser, A G ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic regurgitation; Exercise echocardiography; Long axis function; Tissue Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0034768483     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.85.1.30     Document Type: Article

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