Isolated noncompacted myocardium in an elderly patient

Clinics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 567-570

  Miranda, Eduardo De Paula ^a   Albuquerque, Lucas Alverne Freitas ^a   Menezes Jr , Rubem Abitbol ^b   Silva, Ântonio Welington ^c   Belém, Lúcia De Sousa ^c   Ramos, Fernando Pinheiro ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Ciencias Humanas e Tecnológicas do Piauí   (Brazil)

^c Hospital de Messejana Dr Carlos Alberto Studart Gomes   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 50449086485     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322008000400029     Document Type: Letter

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