Force-Frequency Relationship in the Echocardiography Laboratory: A Noninvasive Assessment of Bowditch Treppe?

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 646-655

  Bombardini, Tonino ^a   Correia, Maria Joao ^b   Cicerone, Carlo ^c   Agricola, Eustachio ^d   Ripoli, Andrea ^a   Picano, Eugenio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL PULIDO VALENTE   (Portugal)

^c Palermo Hospital   (Italy)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASSAY; BODY SURFACE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; DEVICE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0042410891     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(03)00221-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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