Presto Untwisting and Legato Filling

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 717-719

  Notomi, Yuichi ^a   Thomas, James D ^b  

^a Hayama Heart Center   (Japan)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

diastole; echocardiography; speckle tracking imaging; torsion; untwisting

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE TORSION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TORSION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 66449106892     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.02.008     Document Type: Editorial

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