Usefulness of dynamic hand exercise for developing maximal separation of left and right ventricular pressures at end-diastole and usefulness in distinguishing restrictive cardiomyopathy from constrictive pericardial disease.
Gasperetti
C M
CM
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908.
Sarembock
I J
IJ
Feldman
M D
MD
D002313:Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011312:Pressure; D016276:Ventricular Function