Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5613196 | Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography | 2010 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The present study confirms that in AAS users, PWDTI and IBScv are effective and reliable noninvasive diagnostic tools for detecting early abnormalities of the systolic and diastolic longitudinal myocardial function, probably related to an increase in myocardial collagen content, interpretable as a repair process against the direct cellular injury produced by AAS.
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Authors
Roberta MD, PhD, Giovanni MD, Massimo MD, Rossella MD, Anna MD, Guido MD, Alessandro CD, Antonio MD, Sabino MD, Luigi MD, Santo Davide MD, PhD, Massimo MD, PhD,