Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5609155 Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2017 7 Pages PDF
Abstract
SWEI measurements of systolic stiffness provide an index of contractility in the unloaded isolated rabbit heart. Although this study was done under ideal imaging conditions and with nonphysiologic loading conditions, it reinforces the concept that this ultrasound technique has the potential to provide a direct and noninvasive index of cardiac contractility.
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