Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is associated with abnormal echocardiographic aortic elastic properties and arteriograph-derived pulse-wave velocity

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 848-852

  Gavallér, Henriette ^a   Sepp, Róbert ^a   Csanády, Miklós ^a   Forster, Tamás ^a   Nemes, Attila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

aortic; distensibility; echocardiography; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; stiffness

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 81155161823     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01469.x     Document Type: Article

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