Post systolic shortening in nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with delayed emptying of the apex: A doppler flow, tissue doppler and strain rate imaging case study

Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-171

  Støylen, Asbjørn ^a   Sletvold, Olav ^a   Skjaerpe, Terje ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Postsystolic shortening; Strain rate imaging; Tissue Doppler

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0037295397     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2003.03013.x     Document Type: Article

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