Impact of infarct transmurality on layer-specific impairment of myocardial function: A myocardial deformation imaging study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1467-1476

  Becker, Michael ^a,b   Ocklenburg, Christina ^a   Altiok, Ertunc ^a   Füting, Antje ^a   Balzer, Jan ^a   Krombach, Gabriele ^a   Lysyansky, Michael ^c   Kühl, Harald ^a   Krings, Renate ^a   Kelm, Malte ^a   Hoffmann, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardial infarction; Revascularization; Viability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERICARDIUM; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 67651100895     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp112     Document Type: Article

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