Tissue velocity and strain rate imaging may be advantageous for identifying heterogeneity in regional myocardial function in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
May aid regional function assessment in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
We report the use of tissue velocity and strain rate imaging for detecting marked segmental variations and asynchrony in left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions of a 40-year-old patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy who died of an intractable ventricular tachycardia. These newer techniques have advantages for identifying heterogeneity in regional myocardial function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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