Segmental analysis of carotid arterial strain using speckle-tracking

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1276-1284.e5

  Yang, Eric Y ^a,b   Dokainish, Hisham ^d   Virani, Salim S ^a,b,e   Misra, Arunima ^a,c   Pritchett, Allison M ^a,c   Lakkis, Nasser ^a,c   Brunner, Gerd ^a   Bobek, Jaromir ^a,c   McCulloch, Marti L ^b   Hartley, Craig J ^a   Ballantyne, Christie M ^a,b   Nagueh, Sherif F ^b   Nambi, Vijay ^a,b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Diabetes mellitus; Elasticity; Speckle tracking; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECKLE TRACKING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 80055010295     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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