Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 10 , Pages 1060-1066, October 2010

Improvement of Ultrasonic Myocardial Properties after Aortic Valve Replacement for Pure Severe Aortic Stenosis: The Predictive Value of Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization for Left Ventricle Reverse Remodeling

  • Marcin Fijalkowski, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Marcin Fijalkowski, MD, PhD, Medical University of Gdansk, First Department of Cardiology, ul Debinki 7, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland.
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  • Andrzej Koprowski, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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  • Rafal Galaska, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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  • Marcin Gruchala, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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  • Rafal Pawlaczyk, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiosurgery Department, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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  • Maciej Brzezinski, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiosurgery Department, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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  • Jan Rogowski, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiosurgery Department, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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  • Andrzej Rynkiewicz, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

published online 02 September 2010.

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 This study was supported by grant 2 P05B 099 27 from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

PII: S0894-7317(10)00647-4

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2010.07.018

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 10 , Pages 1060-1066, October 2010

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