Left ventricular solid body rotation in non-compaction cardiomyopathy: A potential new objective and quantitative functional diagnostic criterion?

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1088-1093

  van Dalen, Bas M ^a   Caliskan, Kadir ^a   Soliman, Osama I I ^a   Nemes, Attila ^a   Vletter, Wim B ^a   ten Cate, Folkert J ^a   Geleijnse, Marcel L ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Left ventricular rotation; Non compaction cardiomyopathy; Speckle tracking echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; NON COMPACTION CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 54049108786     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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