Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 2nd, 2008
"We therefore described peak-systolic strain and SR of the LV in the general population and derived diagnostic thresholds for these measurements in a healthy subgroup. In 480 subjects enrolled in a family-based population study (50.5% women; mean age, 50.5 years; 37.2% hypertensive), we measured: (i) end-systolic longitudinal strain and peak-systolic SR from the basal portion of the LV inferior and inferolateral free walls; (ii) radial...
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