Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 10 , Pages 1090-1098 , October 2010

Left Atrial Dysfunction as a Correlate of Heart Failure Symptoms in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

  • Monica Roşca, MD

      Affiliations

    • “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
    • “Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu” Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
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  • Bogdan A. Popescu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
    • “Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu” Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Bogdan A. Popescu, MD, PhD, FESC, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, “Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu” Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Şos. Fundeni 258, sector 2, 022328 Bucharest, Romania.
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  • Carmen C. Beladan, MD

      Affiliations

    • “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
    • “Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu” Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
    • ,
  • Andreea Călin, MD

      Affiliations

    • “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
    • “Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu” Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
    • ,
  • Denisa Muraru, MD

      Affiliations

    • “Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu” Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
    • ,
  • Elena C. Popa, MD

      Affiliations

    • “Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu” Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
    • ,
  • Patrizio Lancellotti, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Sart Tilman, Liege, Belgium
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  • Roxana Enache, MD

      Affiliations

    • “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
    • ,
  • Ioan M. Coman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
    • “Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu” Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
    • ,
  • Ruxandra Jurcuţ, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
    • “Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu” Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
    • ,
  • Mihai Ghionea, MD

      Affiliations

    • “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
    • ,
  • Carmen Ginghină, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
    • “Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu” Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest, Romania

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 Conflict of Interest: none

 Funding: This work was supported by Romanian National Research Programme II grants: CNCSIS –UEFISCSU, project number PNII – IDEI 2008 code ID_447 (contract 1208/2009) and CNCSIS –UEFISCSU, project number PNII – IDEI 2007 code ID_222 (contract 199/2007).

PII: S0894-7317(10)00645-0

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.07.016

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 10 , Pages 1090-1098 , October 2010

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