Quantitative assessment of right atrial function by strain and strain rate imaging in patients with heart failure

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 737-742

  Haghighi, Zahra Ojaghi ^a   Naderi, Nasim ^a   Amin, Ahmad ^a   Taghavi, Sepide ^a   Sadeghi, Manelie ^b   Moladoust, Hassan ^c   Maleki, Majid ^a   Haghighi, Hossein Ojaghi ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Right atrium; Strain imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

ADULT; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; CARDIAC OUTPUT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83755178601     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.66.6.2136957     Document Type: Article

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