Heart failure and cardiomyopathies: A case report;Insufficienza cardiaca acuta e cardiomiopatie: Un caso clinico

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-132

  Fazio, Giovanni ^a,b   Sutera, Loredana ^a   Vernuccio, Federica ^a   Fazio, Marco ^a   Vernuccio, Daniela ^a   Pizzuto, Caterina ^a   Di Gesaro, Gabriele ^a   Cascio, Caterina ^a   Novo, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Heart failure; Noncompaction

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BISOPROLOL; DIGOXIN; ENOXAPARIN; FUROSEMIDE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RAMIPRIL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147204597     PISSN: 18276806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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