Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 439-447 , April 2010

High Resolution Speckle Tracking Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography Reveals Heterogeneous Responses in Different Myocardial Layers: Implication for Viability Assessments

  • Assami Rösner, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Assami Rösner, MD, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway.
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  • Ole Jakob How, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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  • Erling Aarsæther, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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  • Thor Allan Stenberg

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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  • Thomas Andreasen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physiology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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  • Timofei V. Kondratiev, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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  • Terje S. Larsen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physiology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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  • Truls Myrmel, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

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doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.12.023

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 439-447 , April 2010

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