Assessment of atrial regional and global electromechanical function by tissue velocity echocardiography: A feasibility study on healthy individuals

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Quintana, Miguel ^a,b   Lindell, Peter ^a   Saha, Samir K ^a,b   Del Furia, Francesca ^a,b   Lind, Britta ^a,b   Govind, Satish ^a,b   Brodin, Lars Åke ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ERROR; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

ATRIAL FUNCTION; BIOMECHANICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 15444374991     PISSN: 14767120     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-3-4     Document Type: Article

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