Usefulness of two-dimensional and speckle tracking echocardiography in "gray zone" left ventricular hypertrophy to differentiate professional football player's heart from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1322-1326

  Kansal, Mayank M ^a   Lester, Steven J ^b   Surapaneni, Phani ^b   Sengupta, Partho P ^c   Appleton, Christopher P ^b   Ommen, Steven R ^d   Ressler, Steven W ^b   Hurst, R Todd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FOOTBALL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; POSTERIOR WALL THICKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTAL WALL THICKNESS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOOTBALL; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054683728     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.06.053     Document Type: Article

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