Left Ventricular Systolic Asynchrony is Induced Even in the Normal Heart During Increases in Afterload: A Study With Angiotensin II Stress Pulsed Tissue Doppler Imaging

Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 41-47

  Miyoshi, Hirokazu ^a   Oishi, Yoshifumi ^a   Mizuguchi, Yukio ^a   Ishimoto, Takeo ^a   Nagase, Norio ^a   Oki, Takashi ^a   Yamada, Hirotsugu ^b   Mishiro, Yuichiro ^c  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c Mishiro Cardiomedical Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

afterload; left ventricular asynchrony; pulsed tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953455254     PISSN: 13490222     EISSN: 1880344X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2303/jecho.5.41     Document Type: Article

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