Early Left Ventricular Structural Myocardial Alterations and Their Relationship with Functional and Electrical Properties of the Heart in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1173-1179

  Di Cori, Andrea ^a   Bongiorni, Maria Grazia ^a   Zucchelli, Giulio ^a   Soldati, Ezio ^a   Falorni, Michela ^a   Segreti, Luca ^a   Gemignani, Cristina ^b   Siciliano, Alberto ^a   Bovenzi, Francesco Maria ^b   Di Bello, Vitantonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CAMPO DI MARTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Integrated backscatter; Left ventricular function; Left ventricular structure; Myotonic dystrophy; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 70349428387     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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