Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Ventricular Systolic Function: An Overview of Contemporary Techniques, Including Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 125-138

  Luis, Sushil A ^a   Chan, Jonathan ^b   Pellikka, Patricia A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 85059366550     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: 19425546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2018.07.017     Document Type: Review

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