Left ventricular twist in a normal African adult population

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 526-533

  Maharaj, Nirvarthi ^a   Peters, Ferande ^a   Khandheria, Bijoy K ^b   Libhaber, Elena ^a   Essop, Mohammed R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Speckle tracking; Strain; Torsion; Twist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE TWIST; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

SPECKLE TRACKING; STRAIN; TORSION; TWIST;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TORSION ABNORMALITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877961825     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jes208     Document Type: Article

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