Left Ventricular Noncompaction: Travelling the Road from Diagnosis to Outcomes

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-57

  Lewin, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; MULTIVITAMIN;

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; PROGNOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

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

EID: 72449187595     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.11.011     Document Type: Editorial

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