title: Stargazing or scientific yardstick? The future of speckle tracking echocardiography in the management of ascending aortic aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston, Galveston, Tex.
authors.forename: Patrick T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Roughneen
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston, Galveston, Tex.
authors.forename: Ghannam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Al-Dossari
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston, Galveston, Tex. Electronic address: abdeanda@UTMB.edu.
authors.forename: Abe
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: DeAnda
mesh_terms: D001014:Aortic Aneurysm; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans