Corrigendum (DOI:10.1016/j.echo.2010.02.015);Assessment of Myocardial Mechanics Using Speckle Tracking Echocardiography: Fundamentals and Clinical Applications

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-369

  Geyer, Holly ^a   Caracciolo, Giuseppe ^a   Abe, Haruhiko ^a   Wilansky, Susan ^a   Carerj, Scipione ^b   Gentile, Federico ^c   Nesser, Hans Joachim ^d   Khandheria, Bijoy ^e   Narula, Jagat ^f   Sengupta, Partho P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c Centro Medico Diagnostico   (Italy)

^d Public Hospital Elisabethinen   (Austria)

^e AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Left ventricular deformation; Speckle tracking; Strain; Velocity Vector Imaging

Indexed keywords

AMYLOIDOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; B SCAN; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART CYCLE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE MECHANICS; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VALIDITY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 77950180373     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.05.008     Document Type: Erratum

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