1. Evaluation of diastolic function by the Tissue doppler in children affected by non-compaction
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Fazio, Giovanni, Pipitone, Salvatore, Iacona, Maria Aurora, Marchì, Salvatore, Mongiovì, Maurizio, Zito, Rosanna, Sutera, Loredana, Novo, Giuseppina, and Novo, Salvatore
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DIASTOLE (Cardiac cycle) , *HEART beat , *CARDIAC contraction , *DOPPLER echocardiography - Abstract
Abstract: The Tissue doppler analysis is a new echocardiographic approach to evaluate the diastolic function. In this report we performed a Tissue doppler analysis in a series of 15 children affected by non-compaction. The bidimensional echo-cardiogram showed a systolic function which was reduced only in 8 patients. Alterations of the diastolic function were founded in 7 patients: in 2 cases, a reduction of the E tissue wave was present in all segments. In 3 patients the diastolic dysfunction was limited to apical and lateral segments. In the last 2 children a reduction of the E wave interested only the apical segments. There was a strong correlation between systolic and diastolic dysfunction: in fact all patients with diastolic dysfunction also presented a severe reduction of the systolic function. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2007
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