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Defining Normal Reference Ranges of Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain Among Different Vendors: Are We There Yet?
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Reference Ranges of Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain by Contemporary Vendor-Neutral Echocardiography Software in Healthy Subjects
- Aro Daniela Arockiam,
- Tiffany Dong,
- Ankit Agrawal,
- Joseph El Dahdah,
- Elio Haroun,
- Muhammad Majid,
- Sharmeen Sorathia,
- Richard A. Grimm,
- Patrick Collier,
- Leonardo Rodriguez,
- Zoran B. Popovic,
- Brian P. Griffin,
- Tom Kai Ming Wang,
- Volume 42Issue 2Echocardiography
- First Published online: February 14, 2025
Michele Nanna,
Laura Marcela Romero Acero,
Pei-Lun Lee,
Corresponding Author
Michele Nanna
Cardiac Care & Vascular Medicine/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
Correspondence: Michele Nanna ([email protected])
Search for more papers by this authorLaura Marcela Romero Acero
Cardiac Care & Vascular Medicine/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
Search for more papers by this authorPei-Lun Lee
Department of Medicine/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, New York, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMichele Nanna,
Laura Marcela Romero Acero,
Pei-Lun Lee,
Corresponding Author
Michele Nanna
Cardiac Care & Vascular Medicine/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
Correspondence: Michele Nanna ([email protected])
Search for more papers by this authorLaura Marcela Romero Acero
Cardiac Care & Vascular Medicine/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
Search for more papers by this authorPei-Lun Lee
Department of Medicine/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, New York, USA
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 16 March 2025
No abstract is available for this article.
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