Left ventricular non-compaction revisited: A distinct phenotype with genetic heterogeneity?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1446-1456

  Oechslin, Erwin ^a,b   Jenni, Rolf ^c  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Genetics; Heart failure; Non compaction

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBOLISM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOMERE; SUDDEN DEATH; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 79959422575     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq508     Document Type: Review

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