Is Echocardiographic Assessment Right Ventricular Function Routinely Performed?
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Echocardiographic assessment of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate new echocardiographic modes in the diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING University Hospital. SUBJECTS 15 patients with ARVC and a control group of 25 healthy subjects. METHODS Transthoracic echocardiography included cross sectional measurements of the right ventricular outflow tract, ri...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0301-5629
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.08.1159