Systolic heterogeneity of transmural myocardial function in normal subjects: Physiological functional heterogeneity

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 183-187

  Koiwa, Yoshiro ^b   Kamada, Hideichi ^b   Inose, Mikio ^b   Shirato, Kunio ^b   Saito, Yoshiko ^b   Hasegawa, Hideyuki ^a   Kanai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Phased tracking method; Transmural myocardial function; Transmyocardial systolic heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SYSTOLE;

EID: 18744383313     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.197.183     Document Type: Article

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