Left Ventricular Twist and Torsion

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Omar, Alaa Mabrouk Salem ^a   Vallabhajosyula, Sharath ^a   Sengupta, Partho P ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

diastolic heart failure; echocardiography; hypertension; left ventricular function; mechanics; torsion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DYSPNEA; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TORSION; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ETIOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; PROCEDURES;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXERCISE TEST; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TORSION ABNORMALITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84937622432     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.115.003029     Document Type: Article

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