Dilated cardiomyopathy in Indian children

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-151

  Kothari, Shyam S ^a   Dhopeshwarkar, Rajesh A ^a   Saxena, Anita ^a   Juneja, Rajnish ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INDIAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0043269336     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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