Open AccessLeft Ventricular Untwisting Rate by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography
Author(s) -
Jianwen Wang,
Dirar S. Khoury,
Yong Yue,
Guillermo TorreAmione,
Sherif F. Nagueh
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.107.706770
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , dobutamine , esmolol , ejection fraction , diastole , inferior vena cava , stroke volume , speckle tracking echocardiography , blood pressure , heart rate , heart failure , hemodynamics
Recent studies validated the measurement of left ventricular (LV) untwisting rate (UR) by speckle tracking echocardiography. A few reports suggest that it may provide additional noninvasive insight into LV diastolic function.
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