Subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in asymptomatic chronic mitral regurgitation patients with normal ejection fraction: A combined tissue doppler and velocity vector imaging-based study

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 877-885

  Yurdakul, Selen ^a   Tayyareci, Yelda ^a   Yildirimturk, Ozlem ^a   Memic, Kadriye ^b   Aytekin, Vedat ^a   Aytekin, Saide ^a  

^a FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

chronic mitral regurgitation; left ventricle; velocity vector imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; VELOCITY VECTOR DERIVED STRAIN IMAGING;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 80052764887     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01428.x     Document Type: Article

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