Myocardial contrast echocardiography assessment of perfusion abnormalities in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Myocardial contrast echocardiography assessment of perfusion abnormalities in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Abstract Background Perfusion defects during stress can occur in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) from either structural or functional abnormalities of the coronary microcirculation. In this study, vasodilator stress myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) was used to quantify and spatially char...

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Main Authors: Paola Roldan, Sriram Ravi, James Hodovan, J. Todd Belcik, Stephen B. Heitner, Ahmad Masri, Jonathan R. Lindner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-09-01
Series:Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Subjects:
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Ischemia
Myocardial contrast echocardiography
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12947-022-00293-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12947-022-00293-2

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