Persistent reduction in left ventricular strain using two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography after balloon valvuloplasty in children with congenital valvular aortic stenosis

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 473-485

  Marcus, Karen A ^a   De Korte, Chris L ^a   Feuth, Ton ^a   Thijssen, Johan M ^a   Van Oort, Anton M ^a   Tanke, Ronald B ^a   Kapusta, Livia ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balloon valvuloplasty; Child; Congenital heart disease; Echocardiography; Long term follow up; Speckle tracking; Two dimensional strain echocardiography; Ultrasound; Valvular aortic stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY; TREATMENT DURATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BALLOON DILATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84860254745     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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