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Diastolic abnormalities in normal phenotype hypertrophic cardiomyopathy gene carriers: a study using speckle tracking echocardiography.
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) - 1 May 2013
Kauer Floris, van Dalen Bas M, Michels Michelle, Soliman Osama I I, Vletter Wim B, van Slegtenhorst Marjon, ten Cate Folkert J, Geleijnse Marcel L
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BACKGROUND: Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) of the mitral annulus has been proposed as an alternative for the identification of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) genetically affected subjects without left ventricular hypertrophy (G+/LVH-). Unfortunately, conflicting results have been described in the literature, potentially caused by the angle-dependency of TDI. This study sought to assess abnormalities in mitral...
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