Regional peak longitudinal-strain by 2D speckle-tracking TTE provides useful information to distinguish fibrotic from non-fibrotic lesions in LV myocardium on cardiac MR in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Int J Cardiol. 2013 Oct;168(4):4520-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.06.105. Epub 2013 Jul 20.
No abstract available

Keywords: 2D speckle tracking; Cardiac MR; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Regional peak longitudinal strain; TTE.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal* / methods
  • Female
  • Fibrosis / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardium / pathology*
  • Retrospective Studies