Strain and strain rate echocardiography and coronary artery disease

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-190

  Hoit, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Echocardiography; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DOPPLER STRESS IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL STRAIN; MYOCARDIAL STRAIN RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDITY;

ANIMALS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79959543741     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.110.959817     Document Type: Article

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