Two-dimensional strain imaging: A new echocardiographic advance with research and clinical applications

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 240-248

  Artis, N J ^a   Oxborough, D L ^a   Williams, G ^b   Pepper, C B ^b   Tan, L B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2D strain imaging; Contractile dyssynchrony; Echocardiography; Myocardial strain rate; Speckle tracking; Tissue Doppler Imaging; Ventricular wall motion

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART STRESS; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37349075422     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.02.046     Document Type: Review

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