Rationale of echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular wall stress and midwall mechanics in hypertensive heart disease

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 192-198

  De Simone, G ^a   Devereux, R B ^b  

^a FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterload; Cardiac function; Contractility; Echocardiography; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART STRESS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; HEART DISEASE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STRESS;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; STRESS; STROKE VOLUME; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; HUMANS;

EID: 0036708272     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euje.2002.0163     Document Type: Article

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