Longitudinal Strain and Torsion Assessed by Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Correlate with the Serum Level of Tissue Inhibitor of Matrix Metalloproteinase-1, a Marker of Myocardial Fibrosis, in Patients with Hypertension

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 907-911

  Kang, Soo Jin ^a   Lim, Hong Seok ^a   Choi, Byoung Joo ^a   Choi, So Yeon ^a   Hwang, Gyo Seung ^a   Yoon, Myeong Ho ^a   Tahk, Seung Jea ^a   Shin, Joon Han ^a  

^a Ajou University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Myocardial collagen turnover; Regional contractile function; Speckle tracking imaging; Tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase 1

Indexed keywords

PROCOLLAGEN; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE 1; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE 3; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL TO APICAL TORSION; CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRAIN; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE WALL TORSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIAL STRAIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 1; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TORSION ABNORMALITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 47649096981     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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