Frequency of echocardiographic improvement in left ventricular cavity size and contractility in idiopathic-dilated cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-133

  Mann Rouillard, Vicki ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^b   Naqvi, Tasneem Z ^a   Donmichael, T Anthony ^a   Siegel, Robert J ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032948899     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00799-1     Document Type: Article

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