Evaluation of left ventricular torsion by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Recently there has been considerable interest in LV torsion and its relationship with symptomatic and pre-symptomatic disease processes. Torsion gives useful additional information about myocardial tissue performance in both systolic and diastolic function. CMR a...

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Main Authors: Young Alistair A, Cowan Brett R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-07-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Online Access:http://www.jcmr-online.com/content/14/1/49