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Does atrioventricular ring motion always distinguish constriction from restriction? A Doppler myocardial imaging study.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11337685     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Constrictive pericarditis and restrictive cardiomyopathy can be difficult to differentiate on clinical examination. Cardiac ultrasonography is increasingly being used as the noninvasive method of choice for confirming the specific morphologic and hemodynamic abnormalities associated with either condition. Interrogation of atrioventricular valve plane motion by Doppler myocardial imaging (DMI) has been suggested as a valuable new approach that can help differentiate one from the other. We report the color DMI, pulsed DMI, and strain rate findings in 2 cases of constrictive pericarditis in which consideration of the annular motion pattern alone would not have allowed such differentiation.
Authors:
M F Arnold; J U Voigt; T Kukulski; B Wranne; G R Sutherland; L Hatle
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography     Volume:  14     ISSN:  0894-7317     ISO Abbreviation:  J Am Soc Echocardiogr     Publication Date:  2001 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-05-04     Completed Date:  2001-08-30     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8801388     Medline TA:  J Am Soc Echocardiogr     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  391-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Linköping Heart Centre, University Hospital, Linköping Sweden.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / ultrasonography
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography, Doppler*
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pericarditis, Constrictive / ultrasonography*

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