The association between right ventricular free wall strain and exercise capacity for health check-up subjects.

BACKGROUND:Right ventricular (RV) function has been found to be a major factor of exercise capacity in patients with heart failure. However, the role of RV function in exercise capacity in healthy subjects has not been well studied. This study aims to validate the role of RV strain derived from spec...

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Main Authors: Wei-Ting Chang, Yen-Wen Liu, Ping-Yen Liu, Chih-Hsin Hsu, Wei-Chuan Tsai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5348016?pdf=render