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Is 2D speckle tracking echocardiography useful for detecting and monitoring myocardial dysfunction in adult m.3243A>G carriers? - a retrospective pilot study.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Mar 2017
Koene S, Timmermans J, Weijers G, de Laat P, de Korte C L, Smeitink J A M, Janssen M C H, Kapusta L
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OBJECTIVES: Cardiomyopathy is a common complication of mitochondrial disorders, associated with increased mortality. Two dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2DSTE) can be used to quantify myocardial deformation. Here, we aimed to determine the usefulness of 2DSTE in detecting and monitoring subtle changes in myocardial dysfunction in carriers of the 3243A>G mutation in mitochondrial DNA. METHODS: In...
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