Doppler evaluation of the descending aorta in Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Potential for assessing the functional significance of outflow tract gradients and for optimizing pacemaker function

Steven Mickelsen,Murali N. Bathina,Pamela Hsu,Joanna Holmes,Fred Kusumoto

Doppler evaluation of the descending aorta in Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Potential for assessing the functional significance of outflow tract gradients and for optimizing pacemaker function

2004

Steven Mickelsen
Murali N. Bathina
Pamela Hsu
Joanna Holmes
Fred Kusumoto

We evaluated whether analysis of aortic flow could be useful for determining the functional significance of left ventricular outflow gradients and for optimizing pacing therapy in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HOCM).

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Doppler effect
Descending aorta
Aorta
Internal medicine
Outflow
Doppler echocardiography
Cardiology
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Medicine
Systole
Crossover study
Treadmill

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