Early Regional Myocardial Dysfunction in Young Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1049-1054

  Mertens, Luc ^a   Ganame, Javier ^a   Claus, Piet ^a   Goemans, Nathalie ^a   Thijs, Daisy ^a   Eyskens, Bénédicte ^a   Van Laere, David ^a   Bijnens, Bart ^a   D'hooge, Jan ^a   Sutherland, George R ^a   Buyse, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Doppler tissue imaging; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 50249163098     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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