Improvement in strain concordance between two major vendors after the strain standardization initiative

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 642-648.e7

  Yang, Hong ^a   Marwick, Thomas H ^a   Fukuda, Nobuaki ^b   Oe, Hiroki ^c   Saito, Makoto ^a   Thomas, James D ^d   Negishi, Kazuaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TAKASAKI GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concordance; EACVI ASE strain standardization; Ejection fraction; Strain; Vendor difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEDMAN TEST; GLOBAL LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; STANDARDIZATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; YOUNG MODULUS;

CARDIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84930089180     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.12.009     Document Type: Article

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