Normal values and clinical relevance of left atrial myocardial function analysed by speckle-tracking echocardiography:multicentre study

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 364-372

  Morris, Daniel A ^a   Takeuchi, Masaaki ^b   Krisper, Maximilian ^a   Köhncke, Clemens ^a   Bekfani, Tarek ^a   Carstensen, Tim ^a   Hassfeld, Sabine ^a   Dorenkamp, Marc ^a   Otani, Kyoko ^b   Takigiku, Kiyohiro ^c   Izumi, Chisato ^d   Yuda, Satoshi ^e   Sakata, Konomi ^f   Ohte, Nobuyuki ^g   Tanabe, Kazuaki ^h   Osmanoglou, Engin ⁱ   Kühnle, York ^a   Düngen, Hans Dirk ^a   Nakatani, Satoshi ^j   Otsuji, Yutaka ^b   Haverkamp, Wilhelm ^a   Boldt, Leif Hendrik ^a   more..

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NAGANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^h SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ Meoclinic   (Germany)

^j OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Left atrial; Speckle tracking; Strain

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART STRESS; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84942120848     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu219     Document Type: Article

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