title: Contribution of myocardial layers of right ventricular free wall to right ventricular function in pulmonary hypertension: Analysis using multilayer longitudinal strain by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
authors.forename: Koya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8670, Japan. Electronic address: nobusada@w8.dion.ne.jp.
authors.forename: Nobusada
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Funabashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Respirology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.affiliation: Department of Respirology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tatsumi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right
keywords: Multilayer longitudinal strain; Myocardial layers of right ventricular Free Wall; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricular function; Two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography