Speckle-tracking 2-dimensional strain echocardiography: A new noninvasive imaging tool to evaluate acute rejection in cardiac transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1039-1046

  Pieper, Galen M ^a   Shah, Akash ^a   Harmann, Leanne ^a   Cooley, Brian C ^a   Ionova, Irina A ^a   Migrino, Raymond Q ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac rejection; Noninvasive; Speckle tracking echocardiography; Strain imaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIAC IMAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ISOGRAFT; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECKLE TRACKING TWO DIMENSIONAL STRAIN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; IMMUNOLOGY; LEWIS RAT; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIAL ARTERY; WISTAR FURTH RAT;

MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; RADIAL ARTERY; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, INBRED WF; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, ISOGENEIC; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79551682083     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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