Why the study?
Does myocardial strain analysis by tissue Doppler imaging detect abnormal systolic function in cats with various stages of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy compared to healthy controls?
Does myocardial strain analysis by tissue Doppler imaging detect abnormal systolic function in cats with various stages of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy compared to healthy controls?
Myocardial strain analysis by tissue Doppler imaging is a reproducible method that can detect early abnormal systolic deformation in cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, even when conventional echocardiography appears normal.
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Strain imaging may unmask subclinical systolic dysfunction in feline HCM when fractional shortening appears normal; leaves open clinical utility pending prospective validation.
Wess et al. (2010) studied this question.
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