Systolic Longitudinal Function of the Left Ventricle Assessed by Speckle Tracking in Heart Failure Patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Background: Echocardiographic evaluations of the longitudinal axis of the left ventricular (LV) function have been used in the diagnosis and assessment of heart failure with normal ejection fraction (HFNEF). The evaluation of the global and segmental peak systolic longitudinal strains (PSLSs) by two...

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Main Authors: Mehrnoush Toufan, Saeed Mohammadzadeh Gharebaghi, Leili Pourafkari, Elham Delir Abdolahinia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016-03-01
Series:Journal of Tehran University Heart Center
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Online Access:https://jthc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/view/446