Assessment of left ventricular twist mechanics in Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography

To assess left ventricular (LV) twist mechanics in patients with Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC). Two-dimensional strain and LV twist by speckle-tracking echocardiography was performed in 17 consecutive patients with typical TTC according to the Mayo clinic criteria [78 ± 8 years, 88% women, and mea...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of echocardiography 2011-12, Vol.12 (12), p.931-939
Hauptverfasser:	Meimoun, Patrick, Passos, Pricila, Benali, Tahar, Boulanger, Jacques, Elmkies, Frederic, Zemir, Hamdane, Clerc, Jerome, Luycx-Bore, Anne
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Algorithms Analysis of Variance Echocardiography, Doppler - methods Female Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging Heart Ventricles - pathology Humans Male Prospective Studies Statistics as Topic Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - diagnostic imaging Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - pathology Time Factors Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - pathology
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