Reproducibility of echocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular noncompaction

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194-202

  Saleeb, Susan F ^a   Margossian, Renee ^a   Spencer, Carolyn T ^a   Alexander, Mark E ^a   Smoot, Leslie B ^a   Dorfman, Adam L ^a   Bergersen, Lisa ^a   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^a   Marx, Gerald R ^a   Colan, Steven D ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; Atrial septal defect; Congenital heart disease; CongHD; ICD; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Left ventricular; Left ventricular noncompaction; LV; LVNC; NCongHD; New York Heart Association; No congenital heart disease; NYHA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; REPRODUCIBILITY; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOSTON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856100260     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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