Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of ventricular noncompaction associated with an atrial septal aneurysm in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy of unknown etiology

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 705-707

  Cavusoglu, Yuksel ^a   Tunerir, Bulent ^a   Birdane, Alparslan ^a   Timuralp, Bilgin ^a   Ata, Necmi ^a   Gorenek, Bulent ^a   Unalir, Ahmet ^a   Aslan, Recep ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial septal aneurysm; Cardiomyopathy; Ventricular noncompaction

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 22744436573     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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