Risk stratification using myocardial peak longitudinal-strain on speckle-tracking transthoracic-echocardiogram to predict major adverse cardiac events in non ischemic hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy subjects confirmed by MDCT

Nobusada Funabashi; Hiroyuki Takaoka; Sawako Horie; Koya Ozawa; Maiko Takahashi; Rei Yajima; Mariko Saito; Keiko Fujiwara; Akiko Tani; Tomoko Kamata; Akiyo Kanaeda; Masae Uehara; Akihisa Kataoka; Yoshio Kobayashi

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.06.056

Risk stratification using myocardial peak longitudinal-strain on speckle-tracking transthoracic-echocardiogram to predict major adverse cardiac events in non ischemic hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy subjects confirmed by MDCT

Int J Cardiol. 2013 Oct 9;168(4):4586-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.06.056. Epub 2013 Aug 1.

Authors

Nobusada Funabashi¹, Hiroyuki Takaoka, Sawako Horie, Koya Ozawa, Maiko Takahashi, Rei Yajima, Mariko Saito, Keiko Fujiwara, Akiko Tani, Tomoko Kamata, Akiyo Kanaeda, Masae Uehara, Akihisa Kataoka, Yoshio Kobayashi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8670, Japan. Electronic address: nobusada@w8.dion.ne.jp.

PMID: 23911269
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.06.056

No abstract available

Keywords: 320 slice CT; Major adverse cardiac events; Myocardial peak longitudinal strain; Non Ischemic Hypertrophic-Cardiomyopathy; Risk stratification; Speckle-tracking transthoracic echocardiogram.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnostic imaging*
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / epidemiology
Echocardiography / methods*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Predictive Value of Tests
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment / methods
Risk Factors
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*