Experimental validation of left ventricular transmural strain gradient with echocardiographic two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-385

  Ishizu, Tomoko ^a   Seo, Yoshihiro ^a   Enomoto, Yoshiharu ^a   Sugimori, Haruhiko ^a   Yamamoto, Masayoshi ^a   MacHino, Tomoko ^a   Kawamura, Ryo ^a   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Myocardial strain; Speckle tracking imaging; Transmural strain gradient

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRYSTAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEEP; SONOMICROMETRY CRYSTAL; SPECKLE TRACKING IMAGING; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TRANSMURAL STRAIN GRADIENT; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; SHEEP; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77951987814     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep221     Document Type: Article

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