Intraobserver and interobserver reproducibility for radial, circumferential and longitudinal strain echocardiography

Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 102-109

  Leischik, Roman ^a   Dworrak, Birgit ^a   Hensel, Kai O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interobserver variability; Intraobserver variability; Reproducibility; Strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 84925503271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18741924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874192401408010102     Document Type: Article

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