Three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography for left atrial and left ventricular function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation carriers
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common heritable cardiac disorder and is the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young individuals and athletes. It is caused by mutations in genes that encode for sarcomere proteins and is characterized by unexplained left ventricular (LV) hypertro...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2014-03-01
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| Series: | The Egyptian Heart Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110260813001932 |