Isolated left ventricular noncompaction as a cause for heart failure and heart transplantation: A single center experience

Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-164

  Kovacevic Preradovic, T ^a   Jenni, R ^a   Oechslin, E N ^d   Noll, G ^a   Seifert, B ^b   Attenhofer Jost, C H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c KLINIK IM PARK   (Switzerland)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Heart transplantation; Left ventricular noncompaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ISOLATED LEFT VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 47949113711     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147899     Document Type: Article

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