Reduced and delayed untwisting of the left ventricle in patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy: A study using two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging: Reply

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 825-826

  Takeuchi, Masaaki ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE; DIASTOLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGING; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECKLE TRACKING IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 41149118909     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn006     Document Type: Letter

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