Diagnostic power of echocardiographic speckle tracking of the tricuspid annular motion to assess right ventricular dysfunction

Int J Cardiol. 2014;172(1):e218-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.157. Epub 2014 Jan 6.

Authors

Pau Alonso¹, Ana Andrés², Vicente Miró², Begoña Igual³, Ignacio Sánchez², Antonio Salvador²

Affiliations

¹ Service of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: pau_i_au@hotmail.com.
² Service of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
³ ERESA, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain.

PMID: 24439777
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.157

No abstract available

Keywords: Echocardiography; Right ventricular dysfunction; Speckle tracking.

Publication types

Letter
Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Echocardiography / methods
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / methods
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Single-Blind Method
Tricuspid Valve / diagnostic imaging*
Tricuspid Valve / physiopathology*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnostic imaging*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / physiopathology*