Myocardial deformation imaging: Current status and future directions

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Shah, Amil M ^a   Solomon, Scott D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

imaging

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CYCLE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL DEFORMATION IMAGING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTOLE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION;

EID: 84856085481     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.086348     Document Type: Review

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