L Monserrat

..As prominent trabeculations were described in some carriers, we screened for the E101K mutation in our index patients with HCM, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), or left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC)...

..We aimed to study the prevalence of Fabry disease (FD) in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)...

..Exercise echocardiography, exercise ECG, newly developed or increased MR, and change to a pseudonormalized LV inflow pattern are highly specific...

..A relation between the frequency, duration, and rate of NSVT episodes could not be demonstrated...

..We sought to compare feasibility and accuracy of 3DE and 2-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) during exercise echocardiography...

..We investigated whether: a) EE has incremental value over a resting echo-Doppler study; and b) post-exercise MR increments the value of EE for predicting outcome in patients with LV dysfunction...

..We sought to compare the feasibility and accuracy of peak and postexercise treadmill echocardiography with the use of continuous harmonic imaging capture...

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..Exercise echocardiography with the addition of atropine was performed in 31 patients who had a very small probability of achieving submaximal heart rate. Conclusive tests were obtained in 77% of the patients with this protocol...

..A limitation of exercise echocardiography (EE) is its semiquantitative approach in analyzing wall-motion abnormalities. However, pulsed-Doppler tissue imaging is capable of a systolic and diastolic regional quantitative assessment...

..84) for predicting < or =7 METs achieved. In conclusion, LV diastolic dysfunction at rest, as manifested by increased LV chamber stiffness, is a major determinant of maximal exercise capacity in patients with HC...

..No differences were detected in cardiac events when we compared this strategy with the less expensive ECG exercise testing after uncomplicated AMI...

..1 +/- 1.5 years...

..LMNA mutations should be considered in the genetic screening of patients with familial DC without conduction system disease. Isolated left ventricular noncompaction may be part of the phenotypic spectrum of the laminopathies...

..We investigated the relationships between the extent of LGE, left ventricular morphology and function, and clinical characteristics...

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..The aim of the study was to analyze the relationship between myocardial delayed enhancement, first-pass perfusion, and contractile function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients, using MR...

..They have been associated with mild and late onset disease expression. Our objectives were to establish the prevalence of MyBPC3 mutations and determine their associated clinical characteristics in our patients...

..50, r = 0.63, and r = 0.46, respectively, all p <0.001), suggesting that this global assessment may be useful in evaluating LV function...

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..To evaluate the prevalence, clinical features, and pattern of inheritance of familial dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in heart transplant patients...

..This report documents a case of isolated left ventricular noncompaction with subendocardial perfusion deficits on MRI...

..Our aims were to describe the characteristics of HCM patients who received ICDs at three hospitals in Spain, and to study indications for device implantation and the results of follow-up in device users...

..Sudden cardiac death in some lamin A/C gene mutations may occur even before the development of severe left ventricular dysfunction and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator should be early considered...

..Only a limited number of sarcomere gene defects (eg, cardiac actin Glu101Lys) consistently produce apical HCM...

..Mutations in the phospholamban gene (PLN) have been associated with primary cardiomyopathies...

..Conduction disturbances and absent septal Q waves are associated with late-enhancement. The depth of negative T waves is related to craniocaudal asymmetry and apical late-enhancement...