Right ventricular myocardial involvement in either physiological or pathological left ventricular hypertrophy: An ultrasound speckle-tracking two-dimensional strain analysis

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 492-500

  D'Andrea, Antonello ^a   Caso, Pio ^b   Bossone, Eduardo ^c   Scarafile, Raffaella ^a   Riegler, Lucia ^a   Di Salvo, Giovanni ^a   Gravino, Rita ^a   Cocchia, Rosangela ^a   Castaldo, Francesca ^a   Salerno, Gemma ^a   Golia, Enrica ^a   Limongelli, Giuseppe ^a   De Corato, Giuseppe ^d   Cuomo, Sergio ^a   Pacileo, Giuseppe ^a   Russo, Maria Giovanna ^a   Calabrò, Raffaele ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Athlete's heart; Diastole; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Right ventricle; Two dimensional strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIUM; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 77955909171     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq007     Document Type: Article

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