Speckle Tracking Echocardiography Identifies Impaired Longitudinal Strain as a Common Deficit in Various Cardiac Diseases
The use of speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) is becoming an increasingly useful tool in the evaluation of myocardial disease. STE software can track the motion of the specular pattern created by the interference of ultrasound with the myofibers of the heart and provide a quantitative means to...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Compuscript Ltd
2018-06-01
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Series: | Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications |
Online Access: | https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.15212/CVIA.2017.0040 |