Value of left atrial strain: A highly promising field of investigation

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 356-357

  Donal, Erwan ^a   Behagel, Albin ^a   Feneon, Damien ^a  

^a RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART STRESS; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MALE;

ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84942118927     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu230     Document Type: Editorial

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