Alterations in multidirectional myocardial functions in patients with aortic stenosis and preserved ejection fraction: A two-dimensional speckle tracking analysis

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1542-1550

  Ng, Arnold C T ^a,b   Delgado, Victoria ^a   Bertini, Matteo ^a   Antoni, Marie Louisa ^a   Van Bommel, Rutger J ^a   Van Rijnsoever, Eva P M ^a   Van Der Kley, Frank ^a   Ewe, See Hooi ^a   Witkowski, Tomasz ^a   Auger, Dominique ^a   Nucifora, Gaetano ^a   Schuijf, Joanne D ^a   Poldermans, Don ^c   Leung, Dominic Y ^d   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Aortic valve; Echocardiography; Left ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79959396881     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr084     Document Type: Article

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