Right ventricular strain as a novel approach to analyze right ventricular performance in patients with heart failure

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 603-610

  Cameli, Matteo ^a,b   Righini, Francesca Maria ^a   Lisi, Matteo ^a   Mondillo, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart failure; Right ventricle; Speckle tracking; Strain

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RIGHT VENTRICULAR SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84906934893     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-013-9414-7     Document Type: Review

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