Multiple myocardial crypts on modified long-axis view are a specific finding in pre-hypertrophic HCM mutation carriers

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 292-297

  Brouwer, Wessel P ^a,b   Germans, Tjeerd ^a   Head, Maaike C ^a   Van Der Velden, Jolanda ^a   Heymans, Martijn W ^a   Christiaans, Imke ^c   Houweling, Arjan C ^a   Wilde, Arthur A ^c   Van Rossum, Albert C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carrier; Crypts; HCM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPT CELL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTATION; MYOCARDIUM; PEDIGREE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863854408     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jes005     Document Type: Article

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