Use of Tissue Doppler to Distinguish Discrete Upper Ventricular Septal Hypertrophy from Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1498-1503

  Chen Tournoux, Annabel ^a   Fifer, Michael A ^a   Picard, Michael H ^a   Hung, Judy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRETE UPPER SEPTAL HYPERTROPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; VENTRICULAR SEPTUM;

EID: 42749094574     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.01.027     Document Type: Article

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