Reliability and feasibility of longitudinal AFI global and segmental strain compared with 2D left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction: Intra- and inter-operator, test-retest, and inter-cycle reproducibility

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 642-652

  Barbier, Paolo ^a   Mirea, Oana ^a   Cefalù, Claudia ^a   Maltagliati, Anna ^a   Savioli, Gabriele ^b   Guglielmo, Marco ^a  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Ejection fraction; Reproducibility; Strain; Ventricular; Volumes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFTWARE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84929221350     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu274     Document Type: Article

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