Cardiac tissue velocities and strain rate in the early detection of myocardial dysfunction of asymptomatic boys with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy: Relationship to clinical outcome

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 840-842

  Giatrakos, Nickolaos ^a,b   Kinali, M ^a   Stephens, D ^a   Dawson, D ^a   Muntoni, F ^a   Nihoyannopoulos, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC TIME INTERVAL;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33744471123     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.067710     Document Type: Article

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