Detection of myocardial dysfunction in the presence of normal ejection fraction

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 923-933

  El Menyar, Ayman A ^a   Galzerano, Domenico ^b   Asaad, Nidal ^a   Al Mulla, Abdulwahid ^a   Arafa, Salah E O ^a   Suwaidi, Jassim Al ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b San Gennaro Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Myocardial diseases; Tissue Doppler imaging; Ventricular ejection fraction

Indexed keywords

AMYLOIDOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FABRY DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AMYLOIDOSIS; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 34948814997     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328014daf2     Document Type: Article

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