Usefulness of Aortic Strain Analysis by Velocity Vector Imaging as a New Echocardiographic Measure of Arterial Stiffness

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1382-1388

  Kim, Kye Hun ^a   Park, Jong Chun ^a   Yoon, Hyun Ju ^a   Yoon, Nam Sik ^a   Hong, Young Joon ^a   Park, Hyung Wook ^a   Kim, Ju Han ^a   Ahn, Youngkeun ^a   Jeong, Myung Ho ^a   Cho, Jeong Gwan ^a   Kang, Jung Chaee ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Echocardiography; Strain

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PULSE WAVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VELOCITY; VELOCITY VECTOR IMAGING;

AORTA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70450164160     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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