Strain and strain rate imaging by echocardiography - Basic concepts and clinical applicability

Current Cardiology Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-148

  Dandel, Michael ^a   Lehmkuhl, Hans ^a   Knosalla, Christoph ^a   Suramelashvili, Nino ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Echocardiography; Myocardial contraction; Prognosis; Strain imaging

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; REVIEW; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SYSTOLE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 68549135197     PISSN: 1573403X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340309788166642     Document Type: Review

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