Isolated left ventricular noncompaction in the elderly: A case report

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-25

  Takashima, Atsuo ^a   Shimizu, Masatoshi ^b   Tatsumi, Kazuhiro ^a   Shima, Takashi ^b   Miwa, Yoichi ^a  

^a Kobe National Hospital   (Japan)

^b Kobe Children's Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathies, other (isolated left ventricular noncompaction); Congenital heart disease; Echocardiography, transthoracic; Heart failure; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

15 (4 IODOPHENYL) 3 METHYLPENTADECANOIC ACID I 123; CARVEDILOL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; THALLIUM 201; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; THALLIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DYSPNEA; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MALE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4644224780     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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