Apical rotation assessed by speckle-tracking echocardiography as an index of global left ventricular contractility

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-131

  Kim, Won Jang ^a   Lee, Byeong Han ^a   Kim, Yun Jeong ^a   Kang, Jee Hye ^a   Jung, Yoo Jin ^a   Song, Jong Min ^a   Kang, Duk Hyun ^a   Song, Jae Kwan ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contractility; Echocardiography; Ventricular rotation

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; ESMOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; PROPANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GOLD STANDARD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DP-DT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; INOTROPISM; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MECHANICAL TORSION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DOBUTAMINE; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROPANOLAMINES; TORSION, MECHANICAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 70350074235     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.108.794719     Document Type: Article

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