Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 58-65 , January 2008

Assessment of Longitudinal and Radial Ventricular Dyssynchrony in Ischemic and Nonischemic Chronic Systolic Heart Failure: A Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Speckle-Tracking Strain Study

  • Erwan Donal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Rennes, France
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  • François Tournoux, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Lariboisière, Paris, France
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  • Christophe Leclercq, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Rennes, France
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  • Christian De Place, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Rennes, France
    • ,
  • Aude Solnon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Rennes, France
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  • Geneviève Derumeaux, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • INSERM E 0226–University of Lyon, Lyon, France.
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  • Philippe Mabo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Rennes, France
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  • Alain Cohen-Solal, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Lariboisière, Paris, France
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  • Jean-Claude Daubert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Rennes, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jean Claude Daubert, MD, Department of Cardiology, Hôpital Pontchaillou - CHU, 2, rue Henri Le Guilloux, 35033 Rennes cedex 09, France.

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PII: S0894-7317(07)00395-1

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.05.031

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 58-65 , January 2008

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