Physiological range of mechanical synchronicity of the human heart: Comparison between different echocardiographic assessment modalities

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1163-1172

  Poerner, Tudor C ^a   Goebel, Björn ^a   Geiger, Tobias ^a   Haghi, Dariusch ^a   Borggrefe, Martin ^a   Haase, Karl K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dyssynchrony; Myocardial function; Strain rate imaging; Tissue Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRAIN RATE; TISSUE;

DYSSYNCHRONY; MYOCARDIAL FUNCTIONS; STRAIN RATE IMAGING; TISSUE DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SYSTOLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 24944461114     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.04.019     Document Type: Article

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