Left Ventricular Noncompaction

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 264-273

  Sarma, Radha J ^a   Chana, Amar ^b   Elkayam, Uri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Hypertrabeculation; Noncompaction; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA DYSTROBREVIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DYSTROBREVIN; LAMIN A; LAMIN C; LIM KINASE; LIM KINASE 3; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN BINDING PROTEIN C; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN 7 BETA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN BETA; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; TAFFAZIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; WARFARIN;

ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS NODE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; PEDIGREE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73249130861     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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