Echocardiographic predictors of adverse clinical events in children with dilated cardiomyopathy: A prospective clinical study

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 908-915

  McMahon, C J ^a,b   Nagueh, S F ^b   Eapen, R S ^c   Dreyer, W J ^b   Finkelshtyn, I ^b   Cao, X ^b   Eidem, B W ^b   Bezold, L I ^b   Denfield, S W ^b   Towbin, J A ^b   Pignatelli, R H ^b  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 3442888880     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.020966     Document Type: Article

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