European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on January 29, 2008
European Heart Journal 2008 29(6):825-826; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn006
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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: reply
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We thank Dr Burns for the interest in our work1 and on the appropriate comments about the methodological issues in the use of 2D speckle tracking imaging (STI) to assess left ventricular (LV) twist, i.e. interpolation of STI data and