Contemporary treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 194-204

  Marian, Ali J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletic performance; Cardiomegaly genetics; Cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic, familial genetics; Cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic diagnosis pathology therapy; Catheter ablation adverse effects; Death, sudden, cardiac epidemiology etiology prevention control; Defibrillators, implantable; Disease models, animal; Genetic predisposition to disease; Heart septum; Phenotype; Risk factors; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALDOSTERONE; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONIST; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; DISOPYRAMIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOSARTAN; NIFEDIPINE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM INHIBITOR; SOTALOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD VOLUME; BLURRED VISION; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPOTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUCOSAL DRYNESS; MUSCLE RESECTION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSCATHETER SEPTAL ABLATION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SUDDEN DEATH; TACHYCARDIA; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CATHETER ABLATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 67650424313     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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