A novel approach to assess aortic stiffness related to changes in aging using a two-dimensional strain imaging

Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 941-945

  Oishi, Yoshifumi ^a   Mizuguchi, Yukio ^a   Miyoshi, Hirokazu ^a   Iuchi, Arata ^a   Nagase, Norio ^a   Oki, Takashi ^a  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

2D strain imaging; Aging; Aortic stiffness; Circumferential strain

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AORTA WALL; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL STRAIN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AORTA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53349102706     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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