Early detection of abnormal left atrial-left ventricular-arterial coupling in preclinical patients with cardiovascular risk factors: Evaluation by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 431-439

  Miyoshi, Hirokazu ^a   Mizuguchi, Yukio ^a   Oishi, Yoshifumi ^a   Iuchi, Arata ^a   Nagase, Norio ^a   Ara, Nusrat ^b   Oki, Takashi ^a  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^b RAWALPINDI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Left atrial function; Left ventricular diastolic function; Two dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 80051962893     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer052     Document Type: Article

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