Impact of left ventricular afterload on longitudinal dyssynchrony in patients with severe aortic stenosis and preserved ejection fraction

Circulation Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 744-751

  Yamawaki, Kohei ^a   Tanaka, Hidekazu ^a   Matsumoto, Kensuke ^a   Hiraishi, Mana ^a   Miyoshi, Tatsuya ^a   Kaneko, Akihiro ^a   Tsuji, Takayuki ^a   Ryo, Keiko ^a   Norisada, Kazuko ^a   Fukuda, Yuko ^a   Tatsumi, Kazuhiro ^a   Onishi, Tetsuari ^a   Okada, Kenji ^a   Okita, Yutaka ^a   Kawai, Hiroya ^a   Hirata, Ken ichi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asynchrony; Echocardiography; Myocardial contraction; Valvular disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMFERENTIAL DYSSYNCHRONY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY; LONGITUDINAL DYSSYNCHRONY; MALE; RADIAL DYSSYNCHRONY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84857675672     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-11-1098     Document Type: Article

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