Differentiation Between Restrictive Cardiomyopathy and Constrictive Pericarditis by Early Diastolic Doppler Myocardial Velocity Gradient at the Posterior Wall

Abstract

Doppler myocardial imaging-derived MVG, as measured from the left ventricular posterior wall in early diastole during both isovolumic relaxation and rapid ventricular filling, allows for the discrimination of RCM from CP.