Myocardial strain imaging: How useful is it in clinical decision making?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 1196-1207b

  Smiseth, Otto A ^a   Torp, Hans ^b   Opdahl, Anders ^a   Haugaa, Kristina H ^a   Urheim, Stig ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Chemotherapy; Heart failure; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Left atrial strain; Left ventricular function; Strain imaging; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GLOBAL LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL STRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; CARDIAC IMAGING; HEART FAILURE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84960112868     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv529     Document Type: Review

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