Evaluation of left ventricular function using left ventricular twist and torsion parameters

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-230

  Takeuchi, Masaaki ^a   Otsuji, Yutaka ^b   Lang, Roberto M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE TORSION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE TWIST; HEART MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TORSION ABNORMALITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 65549134210     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-009-0032-x     Document Type: Review

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