Can natural strain and strain rate quantify regional myocardial deformation? A study in healthy subjects

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1087-1097

  Kowalski, Miroslaw ^a   Kukulski, Tomasz ^a   Jamal, Fadi ^a   D'hooge, Jan ^a   Weidemann, Frank ^a   Rademakers, Frank ^a   Bijnens, Bart ^a   Hatle, Liv ^a   Sutherland, George R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Doppler myocardial imaging; Lengthening; Longitudinal shortening; Myocardial deformation; Radial thickening; Strain; Thinning; Ultrasound strain rate

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; STRAIN RATE; ULTRASONICS;

MYOCARDIAL DEFORMATION;

CARDIOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0034867529     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00388-X     Document Type: Article

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