Apical Rotation Assessed by Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography as an Index of Global Left Ventricular Contractility | Zendy

Won-Jang Kim | Zendy; Byeong Han Lee | Zendy; Yun Jeong Kim | Zendy; Jee Hye Kang | Zendy; Yoo Jin Jung | Zendy; JongMin Song | Zendy; Duk–Hyun Kang | Zendy; JaeKwan Song | Zendy

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Apical Rotation Assessed by Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography as an Index of Global Left Ventricular Contractility

Author(s) -

Won-Jang Kim,

Byeong Han Lee,

Yun Jeong Kim,

Jee Hye Kang,

Yoo Jin Jung,

JongMin Song,

Duk–Hyun Kang,

JaeKwan Song

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

circulation cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1942-0080

pISSN - 1941-9651

DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.108.794719

Subject(s) - contractility , cardiology , medicine , ejection fraction , speckle tracking echocardiography , basal (medicine) , twist , ligation , rotation (mathematics) , mathematics , geometry , heart failure , insulin

Left ventricular (LV) apical rotation and twist can be estimated noninvasively by speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE). In this study, we tested whether apical rotation is an accurate index of LV contractility.

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