Tissue velocities, strain, and strain rate for echocardiographic assessment of ventricular function in congenital heart disease

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 585-593

  Friedberg, Mark K ^a   Mertens, Luc ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Strain and strain rate; Tissue Doppler

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GEOMETRY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE STRAIN; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STRAIN RATE; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 67650863128     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep045     Document Type: Review

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