title: Distinguishing 320 slice CT-detected focal fibrotic lesions and non-fibrotic lesions in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by assessment of regional myocardial strain using two dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8670, Japan. Electronic address: nobusada@w8.dion.ne.jp.
authors.forename: Nobusada
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Funabashi
authors.forename: Akihisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: Sawako
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horie
authors.forename: Koya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takaoka
authors.forename: Maiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Rei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yajima
authors.forename: Mariko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Umazume
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamata
authors.forename: Masae
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uehara
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography / Q000592:standards*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
keywords: 320 slice CT; Focal fibrotic lesions; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Non-fibrotic lesions; Regional myocardial strain; Two dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography