Atrial strain rate is a sensitive measure of alterations in atrial phasic function in healthy ageing

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1513-1519

  Boyd, Anita C ^a   Richards, David A B ^a,b   Marwick, Thomas ^c   Thomas, Liza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATRIAL STRAIN RATE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 80052158862     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300134     Document Type: Article

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