Assessment of ascending aorta wall stiffness in hypertensive patients by tissue Doppler imaging and strain Doppler echocardiography

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1469-1474

  Vitarelli, Antonio ^a   Giordano, Marcello ^a   Germanò, Giuseppe ^a   Pergolini, Mario ^a   Cicconetti, Paolo ^a   Tomei, Francesco ^a   Sancini, Angela ^a   Battaglia, Daniela ^a   Dettori, Olga ^a   Capotosto, Lidia ^a   De Cicco, Valentina ^a   De Maio, Melissa ^a   Vitarelli, Massimo ^a   Bruno, Pasqualina ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSCILLOMETRY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77957136678     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.198358     Document Type: Article

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