Subendocardial fibrosis in left ventricular hypertrabeculation-cause or consequence?

Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 13-16

  Ker, J ^a   du Toit Prinsloo, L ^a   van Heerden, W F P ^a   Saayman, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Hypertrabeculation; Noncompaction; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION;

EID: 79958025565     PISSN: 11795468     EISSN: 11795468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/CMC.S6507     Document Type: Article

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