Direct measurement of cardiac stiffness using echocardiographic shearwave imaging during open-chest surgery: A pilot study in human.

Eric SalouxMichael GauthierDimitrios BuklasVladimir SaplacanAntoine DenoyerFabien LabombardaOlivier RaitiereAline CritonPaul MilliezFabrice Bauer

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2020)

Elastometry measurement was feasible for the human heart. This surrogate for cardiac stiffness dichotomized patients with low and high elastometry, and provided three different phenotypes of transmural elastometry with link to diastolic function.

Keyphrases

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