Will standardization make strain a standard measurement?

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1204-1206

  Marwick, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; MYOCARDIAL STRAIN; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 84867749076     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2012.09.017     Document Type: Editorial

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