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Evaluation of right and left ventricular function using speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and their first degree relatives

INTRODUCTION AND AIM: The identification of right ventricular abnormalities in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) in early stages is still difficult. The aim of this study was to investigate if longitudinal strain based on speckle tracking can detect subtle right (R...

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Autores principales: Aneq, Meriam Åström, Engvall, Jan, Brudin, Lars, Nylander, Eva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3503613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22992412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-10-37