Myocardial Strain Measurement With 2-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography. Definition of Normal Range

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-84

  Marwick, Thomas H ^a   Leano, Rodel L ^a   Brown, Joseph ^a   Sun, Jing Ping ^b   Hoffmann, Rainer ^c   Lysyansky, Peter ^d   Becker, Michael ^c   Thomas, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d GE HEALTHCARE   (Israel)

Author keywords

regional left ventricular function; speckle tracking; strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; OHIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 58149339679     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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