Heart Disease and Left Ventricular Rotation - A Systematic Review and Quantitative Summary

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Phillips, Aaron A ^a   Cote, Anita T ^a   Bredin, Shannon S D ^a   Warburton, Darren E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heart disease; Systematic review; Ventricular torsion; Ventricular twist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ROTATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DIASTOLE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; ROTATION; SYSTOLE; TORSION ABNORMALITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84862541955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-12-46     Document Type: Article

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