Novel three dimensional myocardial strain parameter thresholds on resting transthoracic echocardiography for detection of left ventricular ischemic segments determined by invasive fractional flow reserve

Koya Ozawa; Nobusada Funabashi; Takeshi Nishi; Masayuki Takahara; Yoshihide Fujimoto; Tomoko Kamata; Yoshio Kobayashi

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.06.073

Novel three dimensional myocardial strain parameter thresholds on resting transthoracic echocardiography for detection of left ventricular ischemic segments determined by invasive fractional flow reserve

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Oct 1:220:871-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.06.073. Epub 2016 Jun 28.

Authors

Koya Ozawa¹, Nobusada Funabashi², Takeshi Nishi¹, Masayuki Takahara¹, Yoshihide Fujimoto¹, Tomoko Kamata¹, Yoshio Kobayashi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan. Electronic address: nobusada@w8.dion.ne.jp.

PMID: 27400186
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.06.073

No abstract available

Keywords: Invasive fractional flow reserve; Left ventricular ischemic segments; Novel three dimensional myocardial strain; Resting transthoracic echocardiography.

MeSH terms

Aged
Echocardiography / methods*
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / methods*
Female
Fractional Flow Reserve, Myocardial / physiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Rest / physiology*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology