Contracted form of endocardial fibroelastosis in two siblings

Pediatrics International

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 379-381

  Akiba, Tomoharu ^a,d   Nakasato, Mitsuru ^b   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^c   Sato, Satoshi ^c   Sato, Tetsuo ^b  

^a Yamagata City Hospital   (Japan)

^b Nagai City Hospital   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Yamagata City Hospital Saiseikan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contracted form; Endocardial fibroelastosis; Sibling

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MURMUR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SIBLING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS; ENDOCARDIUM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 0032790775     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200x.1999.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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