Isolated left ventricular non-compaction: The case for abnormal myocardial development

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-129

  Breckenridge, Ross A ^a   Anderson, Robert H ^a   Elliott, Perry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypertrabeculation; Molecular biology; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 10; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; EMERIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; LAMIN A; LAMIN C; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HEREDITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATED HEART LEFT VENTRICLE NONCOMPACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANIMALS; DYSTROPHIN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MUTATION; MYOCARDIUM; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34247223044     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951107000273     Document Type: Review

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