Tissue velocity Doppler assessment of atrial and ventricular electromechanical coupling and atrioventricular time intervals in normal subjects

Azaria J J T Rein; Clare P O'Donnell; Steven D Colan; Gerald R Marx

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.08.026

Tissue velocity Doppler assessment of atrial and ventricular electromechanical coupling and atrioventricular time intervals in normal subjects

Am J Cardiol. 2003 Dec 1;92(11):1347-50. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.08.026.

Authors

Azaria J J T Rein¹, Clare P O'Donnell, Steven D Colan, Gerald R Marx

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. rein@cc.huji.ac.il

PMID: 14636920
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.08.026

Abstract

Mechanical events and electromechanical coupling are analyzed simultaneously in the atria and ventricles using tissue velocity imaging. Normal values for these parameters are provided.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Echocardiography, Doppler*
Female
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Infant
Linear Models
Male
Middle Aged
Ventricular Function*