Quantification of Left Ventricular Longitudinal Strain, Strain Rate, Velocity, and Displacement in Healthy Horses by 2-Dimensional Speckle Tracking

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 330-338

  Decloedt, A ^a   Verheyen, T ^a   Sys, S ^a   De Clercq, D ^a   van Loon, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

2 dimensional strain; Cardiology; Contractility; Echocardiography; Myocardial function

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 79952351179     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2010.0663.x     Document Type: Article

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