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Speckle tracking echocardiography: A new approach to myocardial function
Simona Sitia, Livio Tomasoni, Maurizio Turiel, Cardiology Unit, Department of Health Technologies, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopedic Institute, Università di Milano, 20161 Milan, Italy
Author contributions: Sitia S, Tomasoni L and Turiel M revised, analyzed and interpreted the literature; Sitia S and Turiel M wrote the manuscript; Sitia S, Tomasoni L and Turiel M revised the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Maurizio Turiel, MD, Professor, FESC, Cardiology Unit, Department of Health Technologies, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopedic Institute, Università di Milano, 20161 Milan, Italy. maurizio.turiel@unimi.it
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Received: December 29, 2009
Revised: January 13, 2010
Accepted: January 15, 2010
Published online: January 26, 2010
Revised: January 13, 2010
Accepted: January 15, 2010
Published online: January 26, 2010
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