Myocardial tissue velocity reduction is correlated with clinical neurologic severity in myotonic dystrophy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-181

  Fung, Kevin C ^b   Corbett, Alistair ^b   Kritharides, Leonard ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; THYMINE; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0038306341     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00534-4     Document Type: Article

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