Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 11 , Pages 1699-1705 , November 2007

Radial Versus Longitudinal Myocardial Deformation from Gray-Scale Echocardiography

  • Patricia Mahía

      Affiliations

    • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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  • María J. Ledesma-Carbayo

      Affiliations

    • Universidad Politécnica, Madrid, Spain
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  • Verónica Verdugo

      Affiliations

    • Universidad Politécnica, Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • Esther Pérez David

      Affiliations

    • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • Andrés Santos

      Affiliations

    • Universidad Politécnica, Madrid, Spain
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  • Mar Moreno

      Affiliations

    • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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  • Manuel Desco Menéndez

      Affiliations

    • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Manuel Desco Menéndez, Laboratorio de Imagen Médica, Medicina y Cirugía Experimental, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Dr. Esquerdo 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain.
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  • Miguel Angel García Fernández

      Affiliations

    • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

Received 24 July 2006 ,Revised 5 April 2007 ,Accepted 10 May 2007.

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PII: S0301-5629(07)00254-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.05.010

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 11 , Pages 1699-1705 , November 2007

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