Current and evolving echocardiographic techniques for the quantitative evaluation of cardiac mechanics: ASE/EAE consensus statement on methodology and indications endorsed by the Japanese Society of Echocardiography.

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Published in J Am Soc Echocardiogr on March 01, 2011

Authors

Victor Mor-Avi1, Roberto M Lang, Luigi P Badano, Marek Belohlavek, Nuno Miguel Cardim, Geneviève Derumeaux, Maurizio Galderisi, Thomas Marwick, Sherif F Nagueh, Partho P Sengupta, Rosa Sicari, Otto A Smiseth, Beverly Smulevitz, Masaaki Takeuchi, James D Thomas, Mani Vannan, Jens-Uwe Voigt, José Luis Zamorano

Author Affiliations

1: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Myocardial Dysfunction at Early Phase of Traumatic Brain Injury : Evaluation by Two Dimensional and Speckle Tracking Transthoracic Echocardiography (Echo-TC) | NCT02380482

Speckle-tracking Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion | NCT01968252

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