Feasibility of assessing cardiac systolic function using longitudinal fractional shortening calculated by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 402-407

  Xu, Jianjun ^a   Peng, Ying ^a   Li, Chen ^a   Zhang, Juqian ^a   Zhou, Can ^a   Huang, Liwei ^a   Xia, Chunchao ^a   Tang, Hong ^a   Rao, Li ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

longitudinal fractional shortening; systolic function; two dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT VENTRICULAR LONGITUDINAL FRACTIONAL SHORTENING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTOLE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79954999818     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01354.x     Document Type: Article

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