Myocardial systolic function of the left ventricle along the long axis in patients with essential hypertension: A study by pulsed tissue Doppler imaging

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 175-182

  Kobayashi, Tsutomu ^a   Tamano, Kouichi ^a   Takahashi, Masaki ^a   Honda, Takeaki ^a   Uetake, Shuichiro ^a   Ohrui, Masami ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound (pulsed tissue Doppler imaging); Echocardiography, transthoracic; Hypertension; Hypertrophy; Myocardial contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SYSTOLE; THICKNESS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0037589047     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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