Evaluation of Regional Myocardial Function by Doppler Tissue Imaging in Univentricular Heart after Successful Fontan Repair.

Background: The univentricular heart (UVH) corrected by Fontan repair is characterized by a single dilated pumping chamber, which is both hypertrophic and hypocontractile. The complex geometrical distortion and asynchronous contraction of this organ prevents assessment of systolic and diastolic func...

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Publicado en:Echocardiography Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 702 - 709
Autores principales: Bassareo, Pier Paolo, Tumbarello, Roberto, Piras, Alessandra, Mercuro, Giuseppe
Formato: diagnostic images research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Jul2010
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