Concordance between M-mode, pulsed Tissue Doppler, and colour Tissue Doppler in the assessment of mitral annulus systolic excursion in normal subjects

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 748-753

  Ballo, Piercarlo ^a   Bocelli, Arianna ^b   Motto, Andrea ^a   Mondillo, Sergio ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler Tissue imaging; M mode; Mitral annular systolic motion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 54949145826     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen130     Document Type: Article

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