Prevalence of structural cardiac abnormalities in patients with myotonic dystrophy type I

American Heart Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 224-227

  Bhakta, Deepak ^a,b,c   Lowe, Miriam R ^a,b   Groh, William J ^a,b  

^a Indiana University ^*

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; THYMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY TYPE 1; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0842304407     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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