Reproducibility of Echocardiograph-Derived Multilevel Left Ventricular Apical Twist Mechanics

Echocardiography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 257-263

  Stewart, Glenn M ^a   Yamada, Akira ^a   Kavanagh, Justin J ^a   Haseler, Luke J ^a   Chan, Jonathan ^b,c   Sabapathy, Surendran ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

apical rotation; cardiac function; repeatability; rotation rate; speckle tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT VENTRICULAR APICAL TWIST MECHANISM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTOLE; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84956650353     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.13020     Document Type: Article

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