Left ventricular noncompaction: A cardiomyopathy often mistaken

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 303-307

  Suvarna, Jyoti ^a   Deshmukh, Chandrahas T ^a   Hajela, Shalini A ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Cardiomyopathy; Embolism; Heart failure; Myocardium; Noncompaction

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; HEART MURMUR; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CAPTOPRIL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, RESTRICTIVE; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 70349142116     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.55119     Document Type: Article

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