Echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of isolated left ventricular noncompaction: Case reports and review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 416-421

  Božić, Ivo ^a   Fabijanić, Damir ^a   Carević, Vedran ^a   Polić, Stojan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Left ventricular noncompaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; ISOLATED LEFT VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RARE DISEASE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CARBAZOLES; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPANOLAMINES; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; WARFARIN;

EID: 33749179853     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20247     Document Type: Article

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