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Tissue Doppler imaging predicts the development of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in subjects with subclinical disease.
Circulation - 29 Jul 2003
Nagueh Sherif F, McFalls Judy, Meyer Denise, Hill Rita, Zoghbi William A, Tam James W, Quiñones Miguel A, Roberts Robert, Marian A J
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BACKGROUND: Systolic (Sa) and diastolic (Ea) myocardial velocities measured by tissue Doppler (TD) imaging (TDI) recently were shown to be decreased in subjects who have mutations causing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) but who do not have left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy. By studying these su...
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