Dilated cardiomyopathy presenting in childhood: Aetiology, diagnostic approach, and clinical course

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 680-685

  Gesuete, Valentina ^a   Ragni, Luca ^a   Prandstraller, Daniela ^a   Oppido, Guido ^a   Formigari, Roberto ^a   Gargiulo, Gaetano D ^a   Picchio, Fernando M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cardiac failure; Cardiomyopathy; outcome

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CARNITINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 78649923763     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951110001009     Document Type: Article

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