Cardiac Mechanics and Ventricular Twist by Three-Dimensional Strain Analysis in Relation to B-Type Natriuretic Peptide as a Clinical Prognosticator for Heart Failure Patients

• Sheng-Nan Chang,

  Affiliations National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Taipei City, Taiwan, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Dou-Liu City, Taiwan

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• Yau-Huei Lai,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chih-Hsuan Yen,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chia-Ti Tsai,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Jou-Wei Lin,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Dou-Liu City, Taiwan

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• Bernard E. Bulwer,

  Affiliation Noninvasive Cardiovascular Research, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America

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• Ta-Chuan Hung,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Charles Jia-Yin Hou,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Jen-Yuan Kuo,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chung-Lieh Hung ,

  * E-mail: jotaro3791@gmail.com

  Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan, The Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan

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• Juey-Jen Hwang,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Hung-I Yeh

  Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan

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