Left ventricular rotational dynamics in beta thalassemia major: A speckle-tracking echocardiographic study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1083-1090

  Monte, Ines ^a   Buccheri, Sergio ^a   Bottari, Vera ^a   Blundo, Anita ^a   Licciardi, Salvatore ^a   Romeo, Maria Antonietta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Speckle tracking echocardiography; Thalassemia major

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE TORSION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE TWIST; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC APICAL ROTATION; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84866729566     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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