European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on January 31, 2008
European Heart Journal 2008 29(6):825; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn004
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Reduced and delayed untwisting of the left ventricle in patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy: a study using two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging
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Cardiac Investigation Unit
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
PO Box 2900, Fitzroy
VIC 3065
Australia
Cardiac Investigation Unit
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
PO Box 2900, Fitzroy
VIC 3065
Australia
Department of Medicine
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Mclbourne, VIC
Australia
Cardiac Investigation Unit
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
PO Box 2900, Fitzroy
VIC 3065
Australia
Department of Medicine
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Mclbourne, VIC
Australia
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We read with interest the study by Takeuchi et al.1 which elegantly lends weight to the critical role of untwisting in normal and abnormal diastolic function.2 However, we would like to raise two important methodological issues in the