Diagnosis of left-ventricular non-compaction in patients with left-ventricular systolic dysfunction: Time for a reappraisal of diagnostic criteria?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-95

  Kohli, Sanjay K ^a   Pantazis, Antonios A ^a   Shah, Jaymin S ^a   Adeyemi, Benjamin ^b   Jackson, Gordon ^c   McKenna, William J ^a   Sharma, Sanjay ^c   Elliott, Perry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Echocardiography; Left ventricular non compaction; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICLE NON COMPACTION; LEFT VENTRICLE SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 37849051673     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm481     Document Type: Article

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