Abstract
We used speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) to make a comparison between the effects of ageing and of heart failure with normal ejection fraction (HfnEF) on left ventricular (LV) torsion and strain patterns.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 793-800 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | European Journal of Echocardiography |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2009 |
Keywords
- Aged
- Aging
- Case-Control Studies
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Echocardiography
- Electrocardiography
- Exercise Test
- Female
- Heart Failure
- Humans
- Male
- Prospective Studies
- Reproducibility of Results
- Stroke Volume
- Ventricular Dysfunction, Left