Left Ventricular Noncompaction Mimicking Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1009.e9-1009.e12

  Patel, Chetan ^a   Shirali, Girish ^a   Pereira, Naveen ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DOBUTAMINE; HYDRALAZINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; IRON; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL; MILRINONE; NESIRITIDE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SALBUTAMOL; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE NONCOMPACTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PREGNANCY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 34547099084     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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