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BMJ1d
Prevalence of exercise-induced left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in symptomatic patients with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Background: Resting left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO ... Patients with valvular heart disease, previous myocardial infarction and a history of systemic hypertension (defined as a ...
Why a heart attack can cause ventricular fibrillation
Many people who have suffered a heart attack subsequently develop life-threatening complications like ventricular ...
BMJ4d
Prognostic implications of left ventricular strain by speckle-tracking echocardiography in population-based studies: a systematic review protocol of the published literature
Introduction Left ventricular (LV) strain by speckle-tracking echocardiography ... as details regarding the measured LV strain including the direction of the analysed myocardial motion, the ...
BMJ5d
Relationship between left ventricular shape and cardiovascular risk factors: comparison between the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and UK Biobank
The aims of this study were to compare left ventricular (LV) shapes in patients with differing ... CMR studies without core lab myocardial contours were excluded. Cases with history of cardiovascular ...