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Tissue Doppler, Doppler Strain, and Non-Doppler Strain: Tips, Limitations, and Applications

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Conventional transthoracic echocardiography remains the most commonly used imaging modality in clinical practice. The improvement of diagnostic tools remains a major goal and considerable technical progress has been made in image quality by utilizing harmonic imaging on conventional echo and with the recent introduction of new imaging techniques.

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  1. The Heart Hospital, London, UK

    Diala Khraiche & Denis Pellerin

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  1. Dept. Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London, W12 ONN, United Kingdom

    Petros Nihoyannopoulos

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Khraiche, D., Pellerin, D. (2009). Tissue Doppler, Doppler Strain, and Non-Doppler Strain: Tips, Limitations, and Applications. In: Nihoyannopoulos, P., Kisslo, J. (eds) Echocardiography. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-293-1_5

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