Tissue Tracking Technology for Assessing Cardiac Mechanics: Principles, Normal Values, and Clinical Applications

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1444-1460

  Claus, Piet ^a   Omar, Alaa Mabrouk Salem ^b,c   Pedrizzetti, Gianni ^d   Sengupta, Partho P ^b   Nagel, Eike ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardiac mechanics; feature tracking cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; myocardial function; speckle tracking echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MECHANICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; TISSUE TRACKING TECHNOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CINE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84959366776     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.11.001     Document Type: Review

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