Sex- and method-specific reference values for right ventricular strain by 2-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Muraru, Denisa ^a   Onciul, Sebastian ^b   Peluso, Diletta ^a   Soriani, Nicola ^a   Cucchini, Umberto ^a   Aruta, Patrizia ^a   Romeo, Gabriella ^a   Cavalli, Giacomo ^a   Iliceto, Sabino ^a   Badano, Luigi P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b University Emergency Hospital Bucharest   (Romania)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart ventricle; Normal values; Reference values; Right ventricle; Sprains and strain; Ventricular function, right

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RIGHT VENTRICULAR LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84959492512     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.115.003866     Document Type: Article

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