Echocardiographic evidence of posteromedial hypokinesis of the left ventricle in relation to mitral regurgitation in cardiac sarcoidosis

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 382-384

  Katsouras, Christos S ^a   Leontaridou, Christina ^a,b   Achenbach, Kirstin ^a   Maglaras, George ^a   Vassiliou, Miltiadis P ^a   Kolettis, Theophilos ^a   Goudevenos, John A ^a   Michalis, Lampros K ^a,b   Constantopoulos, Stavros H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b Michailideion Cardiology Center   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac sarcoidosis; Mitral insufficiency; Prognosis; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SARCOIDOSIS; SYSTOLE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SARCOIDOSIS; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 36049024816     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: 16152573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-006-0911-7     Document Type: Article

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