Predictors of spontaneous echo contrast in left heart chambers in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: Slowing down might not always mean enjoying life
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Correlation between Stroke and Spontaneous Echo Contrast by Tissue Harmonic Imaging in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Introduction Spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) is a smokelike echo phenomenon with a swirling pattern of blood flow that can be observed in transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) or transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), most often within the left atrium or left ventricle. SEC is first described by Feigenbaum in 1975, which has been observed under conditions of low blood flow velocity, such as rhe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2211-4122
DOI: 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_18_20