Quantitative validation of left atrial structure and function by two-dimensional and three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: A comparative study with three-dimensional computed tomography

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 188-194

  Nagaya, Maki ^a   Kawasaki, Masanori ^b   Tanaka, Ryuhei ^a   Onishi, Noriyuki ^a   Sato, Noriaki ^a   Ono, Koji ^a   Watanabe, Takatomo ^b   Minatoguchi, Shingo ^a   Miwa, Hirotaka ^a   Goto, Yoshiaki ^a   Hirose, Takeshi ^a   Arai, Masazumi ^a   Noda, Toshiyuki ^a   Watanabe, Sachiro ^a   Minatoguchi, Shinya ^b  

^a GIFU PREFECTURAL GIFU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial function; Atrial volume; Speckle tracking; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; SINUS RHYTHM; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ATRIAL FUNCTION; ATRIAL VOLUME; SPECKLE TRACKING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CARDIAC VOLUME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84883559244     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: 18764738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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