Why the study?
Do intraventricular vortex properties differ between patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy and healthy controls?
Population
61 patients with chronic nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy and 61 age-matched healthy control subjects.
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Larger vortices in NIDCM may reflect remodeling; hypothesis-generating for flow-based biomarkers, not yet for clinical use.
Do intraventricular vortex properties differ between patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy and healthy controls?
Intraventricular vortex formation is exaggerated in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy due to chamber remodeling, which can be accurately assessed using ultrasound.
Bermejo et al. (2014) studied this question.
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