Is Longitudinal Strain Associated with Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction?

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1077-

  Papadopoulos, Christodoulos E ^a   Giannakoulas, Georgios A ^a   Karamitsos, Theodoros D ^a   Karvounis, Haralambos I ^a   Stiliadis, Ioannis ^a   Parharidis, Georgios E ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 50249103356     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.07.012     Document Type: Letter

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