Does reversed apical or basal left ventricular rotation in children with dilated cardiomyopathy recover following medical therapy? A two-dimensional speckle tracking study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 330-333

  Udink Ten Cate, Floris E A ^a   Lorenz, Stephane R W ^a   Khalil, Markus ^a   Schmidt, Beate E ^a   Sreeram, Narayanswami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy; Heart failure; Left ventricular torsion; Reversed rotation; Speckle tracking echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; CARVEDILOL; ENALAPRIL; RAMIPRIL;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART REVERSED APICAL LEFT VENTRICULAR ROTATIONAL MECHANICS; HEART REVERSED BASAL LEFT VENTRICULAR ROTATIONAL MECHANICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 81855182122     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.09.041     Document Type: Article

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