A novel multi-layer approach of measuring myocardial strain and torsion by 2D speckle tracking imaging in normal subjects and patients with heart diseases

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-37

  Zhang, Qing ^a,b   Fang, Fang ^a   Liang, Yu Jia ^a   Xie, Jun Min ^a   Wen, Yue Yi ^a   Yip, Gabriel Wai Kwok ^a   Lam, Yat Yin ^a   Chan, Joseph Yat Sun ^a   Fung, Jeffrey Wing Hong ^a   Yu, Cheuk Man ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Circumferential strain; Speckle tracking; Torsion; Transmural gradient

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRAIN; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; MYOCARDIAL TORSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; SYSTOLIC DYSSYNCHRONY; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMESIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; TORSION, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951721145     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.07.041     Document Type: Article

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