Altered transmural contractility in postmenopausal women affected by cardiac syndrome X

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 208-214

  Cadeddu, Christian ^a   Nocco, Silvio ^a   Deidda, Martino ^a   Pau, Fabio ^a   Colonna, Paolo ^b   Mercuro, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Clinic for Infectious Diseases   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac syndrome X; Exercise echocardiography; Speckle tracking echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; REST; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYNDROME X; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CARDIAC SYNDROME X; CSX; EXERCISE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GLOBAL LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; GLS; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LV; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MRI; PET; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPECKLE-TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SR; STRAIN RATE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; POSTMENOPAUSE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84893643268     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.09.014     Document Type: Article

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