Intervendor consistency and reproducibility of left ventricular 2D global and regional strain with two different high-end ultrasound systems

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 706-716

  Shiino, Kenji ^a   Yamada, Akira ^a   Ischenko, Matthew ^b   Khandheria, Bijoy K ^c   Hudaverdi, Mahala ^b   Speranza, Vicki ^b   Harten, Mary ^b   Benjamin, Anthony ^b   Hamilton Craig, Christian R ^b,d   Platts, David G ^b   Burstow, Darryl J ^b   Scalia, Gregory M ^b   Chan, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

speckle tracking echocardiography; strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; GLOBAL LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; INTERVENDOR CONSISTENCY; INTRAOBSERVER VARIABILITY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; REGIONAL LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; STANDARDIZATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICE SAFETY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 85029027004     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jew120     Document Type: Article

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