Automatic Quantification of Left Ventricular Systolic Wall Thickening Using Two-Dimensional Strain Assessed by a Novel Tissue-Tracking System

Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-32

  Sukmawan, Renan ^a   Watanabe, Nozomi ^a   Akasaka, Takashi ^a   Neishi, Yoji ^a   Izumi, Reishi ^a   Kawamoto, Takahiro ^a   Yoshida, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 D strain; tissue tracking system

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949709357     PISSN: 13490222     EISSN: 1880344X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2303/jecho.3.27     Document Type: Article

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