Intramyocardial coronary flow characteristics in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Non-invasive assessment by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 657-658

  Watanabe, Nozomi ^a   Akasaka, T ^a   Yamaura, Y ^a   Akiyama, M ^a   Kaji, S ^a   Saito, Y ^a   Yoshida, K ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038147490     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.6.657     Document Type: Article

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