Left ventricular non-compaction: Is it really isolated?

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 321-322

  Muzzarelli, Stefano ^a   Buser, Peter ^a   Bernheim, Alain ^a   Linka, Andre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Left ventricular non compaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 43449112705     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen065     Document Type: Article

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