Evaluation of subtle myocardial noncompaction by contrast echocardiography in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and its relationship with regional ventricular systolic dysfunction

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1551-1557

  Wang, Chun ^a   Deng, You Bin ^a   Zhu, Ying ^a   Liu, Ya Ni ^a   Bi, Xiao Jun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast echocardiography; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Left ventricular noncompaction; Speckle tracking imaging; Strain

Indexed keywords

LONGITUDINAL CONTROL; SPECKLE; STRAIN;

CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST-ENHANCED IMAGES; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS; LEFT VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; REGIONAL LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; SPECKLE-TRACKING IMAGING; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST AGENT BR1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84867212158     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.10.1551     Document Type: Article

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