Left Ventricular Global Strain Analysis by Two-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography: The Learning Curve

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1081-1090

  Chan, Jonathan ^a,b   Shiino, Kenji ^a,c   Obonyo, Nchafatso G ^b,d   Hanna, Joseph ^b   Chamberlain, Robert ^b   Small, Andrew ^b   Scalia, Isabel G ^e   Scalia, William ^e   Yamada, Akira ^c   Hamilton Craig, Christian R ^b,e   Scalia, Gregory M ^b,e   Zamorano, Jose Luis ^f  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Learning curve; Speckle tracking echocardiography; Strain

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STAIN; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 85027128474     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2017.06.010     Document Type: Article

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