Straining the RV to predict the future

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Feb;8(2):170-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.11.006.

Authors

André La Gerche¹, Timothy J Roberts²

Affiliations

¹ Heart Centre, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia; St Vincent's Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: Andre.LaGerche@svhm.org.au.
² Heart Centre, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia; St Vincent's Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia.

PMID: 25677889
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.11.006

No abstract available

Keywords: acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; right ventricular function; strain echocardiography.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Echocardiography / methods*
Female
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology*
Humans
Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging*
Male
Stroke Volume / physiology*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / etiology*
Ventricular Function, Right*