Left ventricular twisting as determinant of diastolic function: A speckle tracking study in patients with cardiac hypertrophy

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 892-898

  Santoro, Amato ^a   Caputo, Maria ^a   Antonelli, Giovanni ^a   Lisi, Matteo ^a   Padeletti, Margherita ^a   D'Ascenzi, Flavio ^a   Cameli, Matteo ^a   Giacomin, Elisa ^a   Mondillo, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

athlete's heart; diastolic function; echocardiography; hypertension; hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT VENTRICULAR TWISTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMEGALY, EXERCISE-INDUCED; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 81155161829     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01441.x     Document Type: Article

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