Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 11 , Pages 1302-1308 , November 2009

Assessment of Mitral Annular Velocities by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography versus Tissue Doppler Imaging: Validation, Feasibility, and Reproducibility

  • Bas M. van Dalen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, The Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Johan G. Bosch, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Technology, The Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Floris Kauer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, The Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Osama I.I. Soliman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, The Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Wim B. Vletter, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, The Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Folkert J. ten Cate, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, The Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Marcel L. Geleijnse, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, The Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Marcel L. Geleijnse, MD, PhD, Erasmus MC, Thoraxcenter, Room BA 302, ’s-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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PII: S0894-7317(09)00725-1

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.08.004

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 11 , Pages 1302-1308 , November 2009

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