Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2980438 | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2014 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The earliest contractile injury seen in patients with MR is heterogeneous and consistently distributed along the LV septum. Compensatory responses include hypercontractility of other regions. These data suggest that rather than relying on global LV contractile metrics, which cannot detect early injury, patients might be better served by undergoing directed surveillance of “sentinel” LV regions (LV septum) with high-resolution metrics of regional contractile function.
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Authors
Hersh S. MD, Beckah D. BS, Urvi PhD, Brian P. PhD, Julia PhD, Kathleen M. MSW, Michael K. MD,