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Tissue Doppler imaging and plasma N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide for the identification of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation carriers.
The American journal of cardiology - 1 Oct 2013
Silva Doroteia, Madeira Hugo, Almeida Augusto, Brito Dulce
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Previous studies have shown that tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) is able to identify mutation carriers of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) before the development of the clinical phenotype. However, data are scarce and have sometimes been controversial. We performed a systematic study that included conventional echocardiography, TDI, and plasma NT-probrain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) measurement to evaluate the...
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