Evaluation of the elastic properties of the thoracic descending aorta with strain-rate measurement with transesophageal echocardiography: Its correlation with the left ventricular diastolic function assessed with transthoracic echocardiography

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 145-154

  Honma, Hiroshi ^a   Ohno, Tadaaki ^a   Fujimoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Matsuzaki, Tsuyako ^b   Murata, Hiroshige ^a   Mizuno, Kyoichi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Arteriosclerosis; Strain rate; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; STRAIN RATE MEASUREMENT; STROKE; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77953955367     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.77.145     Document Type: Article

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