Contrast echocardiography: Contribution todiagnosis of left ventricular non-compactioncardiomyopathy

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-272

  Lampropoulos, Konstantinos M ^a,b   Dounis, Vasilios G ^a   Aggeli, Constantina ^b   Iliopoulos, Themistoklis A ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b  

^a General Air Force Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Contrastechocardiography; Leftventricular noncompaction

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959352769     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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