Evidence of Impaired Left Ventricular Systolic Function by Doppler Myocardial Imaging in Patients With Systemic Amyloidosis and No Evidence of Cardiac Involvement by Standard Two-Dimensional and Doppler Echocardiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1039-1045

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

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 40949093185     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.11.047     Document Type: Article

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