Impaired subendocardial wall thickening and post-systolic shortening are signs of critical myocardial ischemia in patients with flow-limiting coronary stenosis

Circulation Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1934-1941

  Ishizu, Tomoko ^a   Seo, Yoshihiro ^a   Baba, Masako ^b   Machino, Tomoko ^a   Higuchi, Haruhiko ^c   Shiotsuka, Junji ^d   Noguchi, Yuichi ^d   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Hitachi General Hospital   (Japan)

^d TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ischemic heart disease; Post systolic shortening; Transmural strain heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART STRESS; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CORONARY STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 79960818054     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-10-1085     Document Type: Article

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