Tissue Doppler echocardiography in patients with long QT syndrome

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-213

  Savoye, Christine ^a   Klug, D ^a   Denjoy, I ^b   Ennezat, P V ^a   Le Tourneau, T ^a   Guicheney, P ^c   Kacet, S ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Long QT syndrome; Tissue Doppler

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG QT SYNDROME; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; TIME; TISSUE DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0041639576     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-2167(03)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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