Speckle-tracking-derived strain and strain-rate analysis: A technique for the evaluation of early alterations in right ventricle systolic function in patients with systemic sclerosis and normal pulmonary artery pressure

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-134

  Matias, Carla ^a   Isla, Leopoldo Pérez De ^a   Vasconcelos, Mariana ^a   Almería, Carlos ^a   Rodrigo, Jose Luis ^a   Serra, Viviana ^a   Zamorano, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Right ventricle; Speckle tracking; Strain; Strain rate; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SPECKLE TRACKING DERIVED STRAIN; STRAIN RATE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PULMONARY ARTERY; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTOLE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY ARTERY; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 65549123248     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32831af028     Document Type: Article

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