TY - JOUR
T1 - Echocardiography in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
T2 - Usefulness of old and new techniques in the diagnosis and pathophysiological assessment
AU - Losi, Maria Angela
AU - Nistri, Stefano
AU - Galderisi, Maurizio
AU - Betocchi, Sandro
AU - Cecchi, Franco
AU - Olivotto, Iacopo
AU - Agricola, Eustachio
AU - Ballo, Piercarlo
AU - Buralli, Simona
AU - D'Andrea, Antonello
AU - D'Errico, Arcangelo
AU - Mele, Donato
AU - Sciomer, Susanna
AU - Mondillo, Sergio
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of the most common inherited cardiomyopathy. The identification of patients with HCM is sometimes still a challenge. Moreover, the pathophysiology of the disease is complex because of left ventricular hyper-contractile state, diastolic dysfunction, ischemia and obstruction which can be coexistent in the same patient. In this review, we discuss the current and emerging echocardiographic methodology that can help physicians in the correct diagnostic and pathophysiological assessment of patients with HCM.
AB - Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of the most common inherited cardiomyopathy. The identification of patients with HCM is sometimes still a challenge. Moreover, the pathophysiology of the disease is complex because of left ventricular hyper-contractile state, diastolic dysfunction, ischemia and obstruction which can be coexistent in the same patient. In this review, we discuss the current and emerging echocardiographic methodology that can help physicians in the correct diagnostic and pathophysiological assessment of patients with HCM.
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U2 - 10.1186/1476-7120-8-7
DO - 10.1186/1476-7120-8-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 20236538
AN - SCOPUS:77950577602
VL - 8
JO - Cardiovascular Ultrasound
JF - Cardiovascular Ultrasound
SN - 1476-7120
IS - 1
M1 - 7
ER -