A new echocardiographic approach for the detection of non-ischaemic fibrosis in hypertrophic myocardium

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 3020-3026

  Weidemann, Frank ^a,e   Niemann, Markus ^a   Herrmann, Sebastian ^a   Kung, Margret ^a   Störk, Stefan ^a   Waller, Christiane ^a   Beer, Meinrad ^b   Breunig, Frank ^a   Wanner, Christoph ^a   Voelker, Wolfram ^a   Ertl, Georg ^a   Bijnens, Bart ^c,d   Strotmann, Joerg M ^a  

^a Center of Cardiovascular Medicine   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Late enhancement; Myocardial function; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FABRY DISEASE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; SYSTOLE;

EID: 37149013595     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm454     Document Type: Article

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