Left ventricular twist in clinically stable heart transplantation recipients: A speckle tracking echocardiography study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 357-361

  Cameli, Matteo ^a   Ballo, Piercarlo ^b   Lisi, Matteo ^a   Benincasa, Susanna ^a   Focardi, Marta ^a   Bernazzali, Sonia ^a   Lisi, Gianfranco ^a   Maccherini, Massimo ^a   Henein, Michael ^c   Mondillo, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart transplantation; LV function; Speckle tracking; Torsion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICULAR APICAL ROTATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICULAR BASAL ROTATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICULAR TWIST; HEART LEFT VENTRICULAR TWIST ANGLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICULAR UNTWIST RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; LV FUNCTION; SPECKLE TRACKING; TORSION;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TORSION ABNORMALITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84883773343     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.09.042     Document Type: Article

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