Impaired myocardial deformation detected by speckle-tracking echocardiography in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 375-376

  Wahbi, Karim ^a,b   Ederhy, Stéphane ^c   Bécane, Henri Marc ^a   Meune, Christophe ^b   Béhin, Anthony ^a   Stojkovic, Tanya ^a   Laforet, Pascal ^a   Eymard, Bruno ^a   Duboc, Denis ^a,b   Cohen, Ariel ^c  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Université Paris Descartes ^*  (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Myotonic dystrophy; Speckle tracking; Steinert; Strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DMPK GENE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL STRAIN; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 80055037171     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.07.035     Document Type: Article

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