Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 64-70 , January 2010

Circumferential and Longitudinal Strain in 3 Myocardial Layers in Normal Subjects and in Patients with Regional Left Ventricular Dysfunction

  • Marina Leitman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Marina Leitman, MD, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Zerifin, 70300, Israel.
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  • Michael Lysiansky

      Affiliations

    • The Technion Institute of Science, Haifa, Israel
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  • Peter Lysyansky, PhD

      Affiliations

    • GE Healthcare Israel, Haifa, Israel
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  • Zvi Friedman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • GE Healthcare Israel, Haifa, Israel
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  • Vladimir Tyomkin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Therese Fuchs, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Dan Adam, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Technion Institute of Science, Haifa, Israel
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  • Ricardo Krakover, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Zvi Vered, MD, FESC, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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PII: S0894-7317(09)00909-2

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.10.004

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 64-70 , January 2010

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