The Pathophysiology of Heart Failure With Normal Ejection Fraction. Exercise Echocardiography Reveals Complex Abnormalities of Both Systolic and Diastolic Ventricular Function Involving Torsion, Untwist, and Longitudinal Motion

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-46

  Tan, Yu Ting ^a   Wenzelburger, Frauke ^a,b   Lee, Eveline ^b   Heatlie, Grant ^b   Leyva, Francisco ^a   Patel, Kiran ^a   Frenneaux, Michael ^a   Sanderson, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diastolic; heart failure; rotation; strain; untwist

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; OXYGEN; STATIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; OXYGEN TENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SYSTOLE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, DIASTOLIC; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; ROTATION; SYSTOLE; TORSION ABNORMALITY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 67449092157     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.03.037     Document Type: Article

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