Intraobserver reliability of two-dimensional ultrasound derived strain imaging in the assessment of the left ventricle, right ventricle, and left atrium of healthy human hearts

Echocardiography

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 793-802

  Oxborough, David ^a   George, Keith ^b   Birch, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

left atrium; left ventricle; reliability; right ventricle; strain imaging; twist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865098147     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2012.01698.x     Document Type: Article

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