Myocardial motion and deformation: What does it tell us and how does it relate to function?

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 5-16

  Bijnens, B ^a,b   Cikes, M ^f   Butakoff, C ^b   Sitges, M ^c   Crispi, F ^d,e  

^a INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c Cardiology Department   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^f KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Fetal cardiac mechanics; Myocardial deformation; Pressure volume overload; Strain ( rate)

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; GENOTYPE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; MYOCARDIAL DEFORMATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84864884643     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335649     Document Type: Review

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