Identifying early changes in myocardial microstructure in hypertensive heart disease.

The transition from healthy myocardium to hypertensive heart disease is characterized by a series of poorly understood changes in myocardial tissue microstructure. Incremental alterations in the orientation and integrity of myocardial fibers can be assessed using advanced ultrasonic image analysis....

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Main Authors: Pranoti Hiremath, Michael Bauer, Aaron D Aguirre, Hui-Wen Cheng, Kazumasa Unno, Ravi B Patel, Bethany W Harvey, Wei-Ting Chang, John D Groarke, Ronglih Liao, Susan Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4022613?pdf=render