Physiologic determinants of left ventricular systolic torsion assessed by speckle tracking echocardiography in healthy subjects

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 641-648

  Cameli, Matteo ^a   Ballo, Piercarlo ^b   Righini, Francesca Maria ^a   Caputo, Maria ^a   Lisi, Matteo ^a   Mondillo, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

systole; torsion; two dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC TORSION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TORQUE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960570614     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01406.x     Document Type: Article

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