Myocardial strain changes in Duchenne muscular dystrophy without overt cardiomyopathy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 190-195

  Ogata, Hitoko ^a   Nakatani, Satoshi ^b   Ishikawa, Yuka ^c   Negishi, Akifumi ^d   Kobayashi, Michiko ^a   Ishikawa, Yukitoshi ^c   Minami, Ryoji ^c  

^a Sapporo Social Insurance General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^d GE HealthCare Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; DMD; Myocardial strain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPHYSICS; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33846413176     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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