JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 1-11 , January 2012

Assessment of Myocardial Ischemic Memory Using Speckle Tracking Echocardiography

Received 6 June 2011 ,Revised 14 September 2011 ,Accepted 27 September 2011.

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 This study was supported in part by research grants from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI 20500418) and the Shimadzu Science Foundation. Dr. Nakatani has received a research grant from Toshiba Medical Systems. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

PII: S1936-878X(11)00802-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.09.019

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 1-11 , January 2012

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