Detection of irregular patterns of myocardial contraction in patients with hypertensive heart disease: A two-dimensional ultrasound speckle tracking study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2255-2264

  Goebel, Björn ^a   Gjesdal, Ola ^b   Kottke, Daniela ^a   Otto, Sylvia ^a   Jung, Christian ^a   Lauten, Alexander ^a   Figulla, Hans R ^a   Edvardsen, Thor ^b   Poerner, Tudor C ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

left ventricular hypertrophy; left ventricular twist; regional myocardial function; two dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 80054099281     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834bdd09     Document Type: Article

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