Current and evolving echocardiographic techniques for the quantitative evaluation of cardiac mechanics: ASE/EAE consensus statement on methodology and indications endorsed by the Japanese society of echocardiography

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 167-205

  Mor Avi, Victor ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a   Badano, Luigi P ^b   Belohlavek, Marek ^c   Cardim, Nuno Miguel ^d   Derumeaux, Genevieve ^e   Galderisi, Maurizio ^f   Marwick, Thomas ^g   Nagueh, Sherif F ^h   Sengupta, Partho P ⁱ   Sicari, Rosa ^j   Smiseth, Otto A ^k   Smulevitz, Beverly ^l   Takeuchi, Masaaki ^m   Thomas, James D ^g   Vannan, Mani ⁿ   Voigt, Jens Uwe ^o   Zamorano, Jose Luis ^p  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL DA LUZ   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^f FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

ⁿ OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^p HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Integrated backscatter; Myocardial Doppler; Myocardial strain; Speckle tracking; Tissue Doppler; Tissue tracking; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER ANALYSIS; JAPANESE; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JAPAN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79952594531     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer021     Document Type: Article

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