Left atrial function examination of healthy individuals with 2D speckle-tracking imaging

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 243-246

  Xia, Jizhu ^a   Gao, Yuli ^a   Wang, Qingqing ^a   Ma, Wenyan ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Echocardiograph; Left atrial function; Speckle tracking imaging; Two dimensional speckle tracking imaging

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVEREXERTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING IMAGING;

EID: 84869456006     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2012.789     Document Type: Article

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