Isolated noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium : aa review of the literature two decades after the initial case description

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 481-488

  Engberding, R ^a   Yelbuz, T M ^b   Breithardt, G ^c  

^a Klinikum Wolfsburg   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Isolated noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium; Noncompaction

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CARVEDILOL;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE MYOCARDIUM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34347341609     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-007-0528-6     Document Type: Review

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