Detection of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Cardiac Amyloidosis with Strain Rate Echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1194-1202

  Bellavia, Diego ^a,b   Abraham, Theodore P ^a   Pellikka, Patricia A ^a   Al Zahrani, Ghormallah B ^a   Dispenzieri, Angela ^a   Oh, Jae K ^a   Bailey, Kent R ^a   Wood, Christina M ^a   Novo, Salvatore ^b   Miyazaki, Chinami ^a   Miller Jr , Fletcher A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYSTOLE;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34848921477     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.02.025     Document Type: Article

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