Circumferential and Longitudinal Strain in 3 Myocardial Layers in Normal Subjects and in Patients with Regional Left Ventricular Dysfunction

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-70

  Leitman, Marina ^a   Lysiansky, Michael ^b   Lysyansky, Peter ^c   Friedman, Zvi ^c   Tyomkin, Vladimir ^a   Fuchs, Therese ^a   Adam, Dan ^b   Krakover, Ricardo ^a   Vered, Zvi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Myocardial layers; Speckle tracking; Strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449194833     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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