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Can transthoracic live 3-dimensional echocardiography improve the recognition of midventricular obliteration in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy?

de Gregorio C, Recupero A, Grimaldi P, Coglitore S

Clinical and Experimental Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, Cardiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit, University Hospital of Messina, Messina, Italy. cesaredegregorio@alice.it

In this report the authors analyzed the usefulness of live 3-dimensional echocardiography in association with conventional 2-dimensional method to improve the recognition of left ventricular midcavitary obliteration in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Published 4 September 2006 in J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(9): 1190.e1-4.
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