Familial dilated cardiomyopathy: Cardiac abnormalities are common in asymptomatic relative and may represent early disease

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 195-201

  Baig, M Kamran ^a   Goldman, Jonathan H ^a   Caforio, Alida L P ^b   Coonar, Aman S ^a   Keeling, Philip J ^a   McKenna, William J ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0031885093     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00433-6     Document Type: Article

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