Population
General population, including a healthy subgroup recruited via random sampling
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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LV strain values require age- and obesity-adjusted interpretation in practice; extends normative thresholds but leaves open prospective outcome validation.
Tissue Doppler imaging reveals that LV strain and strain rate decrease with age and obesity, allowing for the establishment of diagnostic thresholds in a healthy population.
Kuznetsova et al. (2008) studied this question.
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