A case of nemaline myopathy with associated dilated cardiomyopathy and respiratory failure

International Heart Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 401-405

  Nagata, Rihito ^a   Kamimura, Daisuke ^a,b   Suzuki, Yoji ^a   Saito, Toshihiko ^a   Toyama, Hideshi ^a   Dejima, Tohru ^a,b   Inada, Haruhiko ^a   Miwa, Yoshiyuki ^a   Uchino, Kazuaki ^b   Umemura, Satoshi ^b   Shimizu, Makoto ^a  

^a Yaizu City Hospital   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy; Heart failure; Nemaline myopathy; Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR ALPHA; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CANDESARTAN HEXETIL; CARVEDILOL; CREATINE KINASE; FUROSEMIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE; TROPONIN T;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEGENERATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; FUNNEL CHEST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCAPNIA; LEG EDEMA; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; T WAVE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VITAL CAPACITY; WEAKNESS;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPATHIES, NEMALINE; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84255205455     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.52.401     Document Type: Article

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