Non-compaction on echocardiography and autopsy

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-168

  Finsterer, Josef ^a,b   Stöllberger, Claudia ^a   Feichtinger, Hans ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Hypertrabeculation; Myopathy; Neuromuscular; Spongy myocardium

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; LACTIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTRABECULATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE NON COMPACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 0037389911     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.58.2.2005272     Document Type: Article

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