Fibrosis assessment by integrated backscatter and its relationship with longitudinal deformation and diastolic function in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1071-1080

  Carluccio, Erberto ^a   Biagioli, Paolo ^a   Zuchi, Cinzia ^a   Bardelli, Giuliana ^a   Murrone, Adriano ^a   Lauciello, Rosanna ^a   D’Addario, Sandra ^a   Mengoni, Anna ^a   Alunni, Gianfranco ^a   Ambrosio, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diastolic heart failure; Fibrosis; Integrated backscatter; Speckle tracking; Systolic function

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATED INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DIASTOLIC VELOCITY; FEMALE; GLOBAL LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART PRELOAD; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME INDEX; LONGITUDINAL DIASTOLIC DEFORMATION; MALE; MYOCARDIAL REFLECTIVITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIATION SCATTERING; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART FAILURE, DIASTOLIC; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84963665516     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-016-0881-5     Document Type: Article

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