Diastolic function and myocardial structure in patients with myocardial hypertrophy. Special reference to normalized viscoelastic data.
OM Hess, J Schneider, R Koch, C Bamert, J Grimm… - Circulation, 1981 - Am Heart Assoc
OM Hess, J Schneider, R Koch, C Bamert, J Grimm, HP Krayenbuehl
Circulation, 1981•Am Heart AssocDiastolic myocardial stiffness and viscosity were determined in 40 patients with myocardial
hypertrophy by combined echo-pressure measurements. These diastolic measurements
were compared with left ventricular muscle fiber diameter and interstitial fibrosis as obtained
from left ventricular endomyocardial biopsies at catheterization.
hypertrophy by combined echo-pressure measurements. These diastolic measurements
were compared with left ventricular muscle fiber diameter and interstitial fibrosis as obtained
from left ventricular endomyocardial biopsies at catheterization.
Summary
Diastolic myocardial stiffness and viscosity were determined in 40 patients with myocardial hypertrophy by combined echo-pressure measurements. These diastolic measurements were compared with left ventricular muscle fiber diameter and interstitial fibrosis as obtained from left ventricular endomyocardial biopsies at catheterization.
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