Two dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: Basic principles

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 716-722

  Blessberger, Hermann ^a   Binder, Thomas ^b  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FORECASTING; HEART; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HEART; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; SOFTWARE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77951657676     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.141002     Document Type: Article

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