Effect of age and gender on left ventricular rotation and twist in a large group of normal adults - A multicenter study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2215-2221

  Sun, Jing Ping ^a,b,c   Lam, Yat Yin ^a,b   Wu, Cheng Quan ^d   Yang, Xing Sheng ^a,b,c   Guo, Ran ^a,b   Kwong, Joey S W ^a,b   Merlino, John D ^c   Yu, Cheuk Man ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

2D speckle tracking imaging; Cardiac motion; Left ventricular rotation; Left ventricular twist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LEFT VENTRICULAR ROTATION; LEFT VENTRICULAR TWIST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING IMAGING;

2D-SPECKLE TRACKING IMAGING; CARDIAC MOTION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ROTATION; LEFT VENTRICULAR TWIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATION; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883287999     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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