Left ventricular myocardial strain by three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in healthy subjects: Reference values and analysis of their physiologic and technical determinants

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Muraru, Denisa ^a   Cucchini, Umberto ^a   Mihǎilǎ, Sorina ^a,b   Miglioranza, Marcelo Haertel ^a,c   Aruta, Patrizia ^a   Cavalli, Giacomo ^a   Cecchetto, Antonella ^a   Padayattil Josè, Seena ^a   Peluso, Diletta ^a   Iliceto, Sabino ^a   Badano, Luigi P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c Rio Grande do Sul Cardiology Institute   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deformation; Echocardiography; Healthy subjects; Left ventricle; Normal subjects; Speckle tracking; Strain; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905258281     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.05.010     Document Type: Article

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