Assessment of cyclic changes in the diameter of the aortic annulus using speckle-tracking trans-esophageal echocardiography

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2084-2090

  Yoshikawa, Hisao ^a   Suzuki, Makoto ^a   Hashimoto, Go ^a   Kusunose, Yukiko ^a   Otsuka, Takenori ^a   Hara, Hidehiko ^a   Noro, Mahito ^a   Nakamura, Masato ^a   Sugi, Kaoru ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic annulus diameter; Aortic stenosis; Cardiac phase; Speckle tracking trans esophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; SPECKLE;

AORTIC ANNULUS DIAMETER; AORTIC STENOSIS; CARDIAC PHASE; CONTROL GROUPS; CYCLIC CHANGES; DYNAMIC CHANGES; DYNAMIC VARIATIONS; MINIMUM DIAMETERS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

AGED; AORTA; AORTA ANNULUS; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECKLE TRACKING TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTIC ANNULUS DIAMETER; AORTIC STENOSIS; CARDIAC PHASE; SPECKLE-TRACKING TRANS-ESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884535188     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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