Assessment of left ventricular twist mechanics in Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 931-939

  Meimoun, Patrick ^a   Passos, Pricila ^a   Benali, Tahar ^a   Boulanger, Jacques ^a   Elmkies, Frederic ^a   Zemir, Hamdane ^a   Clerc, Jerome ^a   Luycx Bore, Anne ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Compiegne   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Rotation; Speckle tracking; Tako tsubo; Twist; Untwisting

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84856359346     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer183     Document Type: Article

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