Cardiovascular manifestations of myofibrillar myopathy

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 336-338

  El Menyar, Ayman A ^a   Bener, Abdulbari ^a   Al Suwaidi, Jassim ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Desmin; Myofibrils

Indexed keywords

DESMIN;

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MYOPATHY; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; REVIEW;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, RESTRICTIVE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MYOFIBRILS;

EID: 10644244422     PISSN: 13028723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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