Changes in longitudinal myocardial deformation during acute cardiac rejection: The clinical role of two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 330-339

  Clemmensen, Tor Skibsted ^a   Løgstrup, Brian Bridal ^a   Eiskjær, Hans ^a   Poulsen, Steen Hvitfeldt ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Global longitudinal systolic function; Heart transplantation; Rejection; Speckle tracking

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TIME; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933280064     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.10.015     Document Type: Article

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