Late gadolinium enhancement as subclinical myocardial involvement in a manifesting Duchenne carrier

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-232

  Finsterer, Josef ^a   Stöllberger, Claudia ^b   Avanzini, Marion ^b   Bastovansky, Adam ^a   Wexberg, Paul ^b  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b Second Medical Department   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiac involvement; Carrier; Dystrophinopathy; Muscle disease; Muscular dystrophy; Myopathy; Neuromuscular disorder; X linked

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78651440630     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.09.041     Document Type: Article

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