Open AccessMorphological determinants of echocardiographic patterns of mitral valve systolic anterior motion in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Author(s) -
Heinrich G. Klues,
William C. Roberts,
Barry J. Maron
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.87.5.1570
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , mitral valve , obstructive cardiomyopathy , cardiomyopathy , heart failure
The morphological determinants of mitral valve systolic anterior motion (SAM) and obstruction to left ventricular outflow in patients within the broad clinical spectrum of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) are not completely understood, particularly the contribution of mitral leaflet length and size.
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