Electrocardiographic Characteristics at Initial Diagnosis in Patients With Isolated Left Ventricular Noncompaction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 984-989

  Steffel, Jan ^a   Kobza, Richard ^b   Oechslin, Erwin ^c   Jenni, Rolf ^a   Duru, Firat ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Cardiology   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; ISOLATED VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; REPOLARIZATION;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 70349094071     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.05.042     Document Type: Article

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