Left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy: What do we know?

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 92-99

  Paterick, Timothy E ^a   Gerber, Thomas C ^a   Pradhan, Sala Ray ^a   Lindor, Noralane M ^b   Jamil Tajik, A ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Aurora Sinai Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Cardiomyopathy; Hypertrabeculation; Noncompaction; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DISOPYRAMIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LEFT VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION CARDIOMYOPATHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIPTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; THROMBOEMBOLISM; CARDIOVERSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EXERCISE THERAPY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; PEDIGREE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957335819     PISSN: 15306550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3909/ricm0531     Document Type: Review

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