Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Asymptomatic Marfan Syndrome Patients Is Related to the Severity of Gene Mutation: Insights from the Novel Three Dimensional Speckle Tracking Echocardiography
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The reduced LV circumferential and not longitudinal systolic deformation as assessed by three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography is related to the severity of gene mutation.
3-D: Three-dimensional echocardiography, STE: Speckle tracking echocardiography.