Stress and strain: Double trouble or useful tool?

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 716-722

  Argyle, R A ^a   Ray, S G ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deformation imaging; Strain; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; EXERCISE TEST; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 69049111004     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep066     Document Type: Review

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