About left ventricular torsion, sex differences, shear strain, and diastolic heart failure

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1215-1217

  Gillebert, Thierry C ^a   Van De Veire, Nico R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEAR STRESS; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; TORSION;

HEART FAILURE, DIASTOLIC; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 44449158877     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn173     Document Type: Editorial

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