Cardiomyopathy in newborns and infants: A broad spectrum of aetiologies and poor prognosis

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1523-1528

  Badertscher, Andrea ^a   Bauersfeld, Urs ^a   Arbenz, Urs ^a   Baumgartner, Matthias R ^a   Schinzel, Albert ^b   Balmer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Infant; Neonate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC DISORDER; HEART FAILURE; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INFANT; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOPATHY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 53749089925     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00957.x     Document Type: Article

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