Long-term follow-up of patients with isolated left ventricular noncompaction: Role of electrocardiography in predicting poor outcome

Circulation Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1728-1734

  Steffel, Jan ^a   Hürlimann, David ^a   Namdar, Mehdi ^a   Despotovic, Dragan ^a   Kobza, Richard ^c   Wolber, Thomas ^a   Holzmeister, Johannes ^a   Haegeli, Laurent ^a   Brunckhorst, Corinna ^a   Lüscher, Thomas F ^a   Jenni, Rolf ^a   Duru, Firat ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Noncompaction cardiomyopathy; Outcome predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; QT INTERVAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79959733700     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-10-1217     Document Type: Article

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