多模态超声技术评估肥厚型心肌病患者及其一级亲属的心肌灌注与收缩功能
Li YU, Shi ZENG, Qichang ZHOU, Zurong YANG, Yiyuan HUANG, 柳 宋 · 2024
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Li Yu and co-authors used two kinds of ultrasound to check heart muscle in patients with a thickened heart condition and their close relatives, in a study published in 2024. The condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, can starve the heart muscle of blood and weaken its squeeze. Some relatives carry the faulty gene but show no thickening yet, and they still face risk. The team studied thirty-five patients, thirty carrier relatives, and thirty-eight healthy family members.
Contrast scans mapped blood flow through the heart muscle, while motion imaging tracked how the muscle strains as it beats. Patients showed weaker flow and weaker strain than both other groups. Carrier relatives looked much like healthy members, except for one strain measure that already ran low. Flow and strain measures moved together closely. The authors say the paired scans can flag early heart trouble inside such families.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Li YU, Shi ZENG, Qichang ZHOU, Zurong YANG, Yiyuan HUANG, 柳 宋 |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |