Letter by Dwivedi et al regarding article, "Left ventricular untwisting rate by speckle tracking echocardiography"

Circulation

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Dwivedi, Girish ^a   Frenneaux, Michael P ^a   Sanderson, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE TWIST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION;

DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTION; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 43449113889     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.766238     Document Type: Letter

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