Restrictive left ventricular filling in hypereosinophilic syndrome as a result of partial cavity obliteration by an apical mass: A strain/strain rate study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1088-1090

  Eroglu, Elif ^a   Di Salvo, Giovanni ^a   Herbots, Lieven ^a   Herregods, Marie Christine ^a   Sutherland, George R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 0141529889     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(03)00510-8     Document Type: Article

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