Feasibility of two-dimensional global longitudinal strain and strain rate imaging for the assessment of left atrial function: A study in subjects with a low probability of cardiovascular disease and normal exercise capacity

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1179-1187

  Kim, Dong Gyu ^a   Lee, Kyung Jin ^a   Lee, Sahng ^a   Jeong, So Yeon ^a   Lee, Young Sook ^a   Choi, Yu Jeong ^a   Yoon, Hyeon Soo ^a   Kim, Jeong Hee ^a   Jeong, Kyung Tae ^a   Park, Soon Chang ^a   Park, Mira ^a  

^a Eulji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Global left atrial function; Strain; Strain rate; Two dimensional speckle tracking imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 72849129276     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.00955.x     Document Type: Article

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