Myocardial deformation analysis in chagas heart disease with the use of speckle tracking echocardiography

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1028-1034

  García Álvarez, Ana ^a,b   Sitges, Marta ^a   Regueiro, Ander ^a   Poyatos, Silvia ^a   Jesus Pinazo, Maria ^c   Posada, Elisabeth ^c   Bijnens, Bart ^d   Heras, Magda ^a   Gascon, Joaquim ^c   Sanz, Ginés ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; echocardiography; myocardial strain; Speckle tracking; torsion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE VOLUME; TORSION ABNORMALITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855965357     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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