Cardiac Segmental Analysis in Left Ventricular Noncompaction: Experience in a Pediatric Population

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-53

  Punn, Rajesh ^a   Silverman, Norman H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Left ventricular noncompaction; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEFT VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 72449149614     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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