Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Quickly non-invasive diagnosis by intravenous contrast echocardiography

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 578-579

  D'Andrea, A ^a,c   Liccardo, B ^b   Scarafile, R ^a   Esposito, N ^b   Calabro R ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Department of Cardiology   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; APICAL HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LETTER; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; SYMPTOM; T WAVE INVERSION; THORAX PAIN;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55749100676     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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