Echocardiographic quantification of myocardial function using tissue deformation imaging, a guide to image acquisition and analysis using tissue Doppler and speckle tracking.

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Published in Cardiovasc Ultrasound on August 30, 2007

Authors

Arco J Teske1, Bart W L De Boeck, Paul G Melman, Gertjan T Sieswerda, Pieter A Doevendans, Maarten J M Cramer

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands. a.j.teske@gmail.com

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