Quantification of left ventricular longitudinal strain by two-dimensional speckle tracking: A comparison between expert and non-expert readers

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1451-1458

  Anwar, Ashraf ^a,b   Nosir, Youssef ^a,b   Alasnag, Mirvat ^a   Llemit, Myline A ^a   Elhagoly, Abdelfattah A ^a   Chamsi Pasha, Hassan ^a  

^a KING FAHD ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Longitudinal strain; Speckle tracking; Wall motion asynergy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84893666453     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-013-0247-1     Document Type: Article

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