How to define noncompaction?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 277-278

  Finsterer, Josef ^a   Stöllberger, Claudia ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Left ventricular hypertrabeculation; Myopathy; Neuromuscular disorder; Noncompaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPOKINESIA; LEFT VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 47749138217     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.08.088     Document Type: Article

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