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Relationship between aortic stiffness and modes of left ventricular deformation at rest and dobutamine-stress differ in the presence of preserved and compromised contractile capacity

✍ Scribed by Valentina O Puntmann; Alun D Hughes; Rolf Gebker; Cosima Jahnke; Jesus G Mirelis; Bernhard Schnackenburg; Eckart Fleck; Frank Rademakers; Ingo Paetsch

Publisher: BioMed Central
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 561 KB
Volume: 13
Category: Article
ISSN: 1097-6647
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-13-s1-p130

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✦ Synopsis

To investigate the phenotypic relationships between aortic stiffness and left ventricular (LV) stroke volume (SV) and modes of deformation (longitudinal -LD and radial -RD) at rest and stress, with preserved and compromised contractile capacity.