Noncompacted ventricular myocardium: Is syncope the only warning sign?

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 339, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 497-500

  Ho, Trieu Q ^a   Lenihan, Daniel J ^b   Kantharia, Bharat K ^a   Dougherty, Anne H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOGRAPHY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART PALPITATION; HEART PREEXCITATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PR INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 77952286734     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181d96ea8     Document Type: Article

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