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Clinical Trial
. 2004 Aug;90(8):947-8.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.021113.

Reliable detection of early myocardial dysfunction by tissue Doppler echocardiography in Becker muscular dystrophy

C Meune, O Pascal, H M Bécane, F Héloire, D Christoforou, P Laforet, B Eymard, P Gueret, F Leturcq, D Recan, J Y Devaux, S Weber, D Duboc
Clinical Trial

Reliable detection of early myocardial dysfunction by tissue Doppler echocardiography in Becker muscular dystrophy

C Meune et al. Heart. 2004 Aug.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) SRSYS, (B) SRDIA, and (C) LVEF, in patients with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction (group 1), without LV dysfunction (group 2), and in healthy subjects (group 3).
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