Decreased Mechanical Function of Left Atrium Assessed by Speckle Tracking and Tissue Doppler Echocardiography in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure

Journal of Medical Ultrasound

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-42

  Tsai, Wei Chuan ^a   Liu, Yen Wen ^a   Huang, Yao Yi ^a   Tsai, Liang Miin ^a   Lin, Li Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Left atrium; Speckle tracking echocardiography; Strain; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

EID: 84862783913     PISSN: 09296441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmu.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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