Imaging techniques for cardiac strain and deformation: Comparison of echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance and cardiac computed tomography

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-231

  Tee, Michael ^a,b,c   Noble, J Alison ^a   Bluemke, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac computed tomography; cardiac imaging techniques; cardiac MRI; cardiac resynchronization therapy; deformation; echocardiography; feature tracking; speckle tracking; strain; tagged MRI

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYOCARDIAL STRAIN; REVIEW; SYSTOLE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84873925077     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.12.182     Document Type: Review

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