A comparison between MUGA and echocardiography in patients with muscular dystrophy in the early detection of cardiac involvement

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 150-154

  Oguz D ^a   Olgunturk R ^a   Gucuyener K ^a   Acikgoz G V ^a   Tunaoglu F S ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diastolic functions; Echocardiography; Multigated radionuclide ventriculography; Muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MALE; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 2642665512     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002469900264     Document Type: Article

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