Left ventricular rotation and twist assessed by four-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in healthy subjects and pathological remodeling: A single center experience

Echocardiography

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-179

  Lilli, Alessio ^a   Baratto, Marco Tullio ^a   Meglio, Jacopo Del ^a   Chioccioli, Marco ^a   Magnacca, Massimo ^a   Talini, Enrica ^a   Canale, Maria Laura ^a   Poddighe, Rosa ^a   Comella, Alessandro ^a   Casolo, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UO Cardiology Versilia Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

four dimensional echocardiography; left ventricular function; myocardial contraction; strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE TWIST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCER; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84873724617     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12026     Document Type: Article

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