Pulsed Doppler tissue imaging in dystrophinopathic cardiomyopathy

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 891-899

  Agretto, Angelo ^a   Politano, Luisa ^b   Bossone, Eduardo ^a   Petretta, Vito R ^b   D'Isa, Salvatore ^a   Passamano, Luigia ^b   Comi, Lucia I ^b   Erbel, Raimund ^c  

^a From the Medical Surgical Institute of Cardiology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HUMAN; MALE; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0036739843     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.121197     Document Type: Article

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