Assessment of left atrial function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and athlete's heart: A left atrial myocardial deformation study

Echocardiography

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 943-949

  Gabrielli, Luigi ^a   Enríquez, Andrés ^a   Córdova, Samuel ^a   Yáñez, Fernando ^a   Godoy, Iván ^a   Corbalán, Ramon ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

athlete's heart; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; strain strain rate

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM S WAVE; HEART ATRIUM STRAIN RATE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM STRAIN; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CARDIOMEGALY, EXERCISE-INDUCED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84866119707     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2012.01719.x     Document Type: Article

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