MELAS in the heart

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Finsterer, J ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiac involvement; Cardiomyopathy; Encephalomyopathy; Genetics; Mitochondrial disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ARGININE; CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM; IDEBENONE; LACTIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NORPHENAZONE; SUCCINIC ACID; UBIQUINONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MELAS SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELAS SYNDROME; MUTATION;

EID: 70749132711     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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