Treating Children With Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy (from the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 281-286

  Harmon, William G ^a   Sleeper, Lynn A ^b   Cuniberti, Leigha ^b   Messere, Jane ^c   Colan, Steven D ^c   Orav, E John ^d   Towbin, Jeffrey A ^e   Wilkinson, James D ^a   Lipshultz, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARNITINE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACEMAKER; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 67649321282     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.03.033     Document Type: Article

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