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Published Online First: 29 January 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.120758
Heart 2008;94:1065-1074
Copyright © 2008 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Cardiovascular Society

TECHNOLOGY AND GUIDELINES

Technological advances in tissue Doppler imaging echocardiography

N R Van de Veire1,3, J De Sutter1,2, J J Bax3, J R T C Roelandt4

1 Department of Cardiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
2 Department of Cardiology, AZ Maria Middellares, Ghent, Belgium
3 Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
4 Department of Cardiology, Thorax Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Dr N R Van de Veire, Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands; N.R.L.van_de_Veire{at}lumc.nl

ABSTRACT

Tissue Doppler imaging is a recently introduced echocardiographic tool for measuring myocardial velocities. In this article the physical principles and different myocardial velocity imaging modalities are discussed. Examples of practical applications and clinical use of this non-invasive imaging technique are provided.


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