Dilated cardiomyopathy in childhood: Prognostic features and outcome

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-174

  Bostan, Özlem M ^a   Cil, Ergun ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Dilated cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPONIN T; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 33646012586     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.61.2.2014330     Document Type: Article

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