"Cardiac incidentaloma": Left ventricular non-compaction in a kindred with familial coronary artery disease

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-410

  Martini, D Bortolo ^a   Sperotto, Claudio ^a   Zhang, Li ^b  

^a Boldrini Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Non compaction myocardium

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC DISORDER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE NONCOMPACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34748900013     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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