Left Ventricular Contraction-Relaxation Coupling in Normal, Hypertrophic, and Failing Myocardium Quantified by Speckle-Tracking Global Strain and Strain Rate Imaging

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 747-754

  Takamura, Takeshi ^a   Dohi, Kaoru ^a   Onishi, Katsuya ^a   Tanabe, Masaki ^a   Sugiura, Emiyo ^a   Nakajima, Hiroshi ^a   Ichikawa, Kazuhide ^a   Nakamura, Mashio ^a   Nobori, Tsutomu ^a   Ito, Masaaki ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contraction; Coupling; Echocardiography; Left ventricle; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 77953684143     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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