Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular morphology and function in patients with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 207-210

  Draminska, A ^a   Kuch Wocial, A ^a   Szulc, M ^a   Zwolinska, A ^a   Styczynski, G ^a   Kostrubiec, M ^a   Hausmanowa Petrusewicz, I ^b   Pruszczyk, P ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Emery Dreifuss muscular dystrophy; Heart

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, EMERY-DREIFUSS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 20744435031     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.05.015     Document Type: Article

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