Tissue Doppler imaging to predict clinical course of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Fatih Bayrak,
Gökhan Kahveci,
Bülent Mutlu,
Kenan Sönmez,
Muzaffer Değertekin
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
european journal of echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1525-2167
pISSN - 1532-2114
DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jen049
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , ventricle , heart failure , doppler imaging , sudden cardiac death , diastole , sudden death , cardiomyopathy , ventricular outflow tract obstruction , ventricular tachycardia , blood pressure
Diastolic tissue Doppler (TD) parameters allow prediction of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) at risk of sudden death, ventricular tachycardia, or cardiac arrest. The aim of this study was to assess the value of TD imaging in predicting the clinical course of patients with HC.
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