Left ventricular noncompaction: A 25-Year Odyssey

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 363-375

  Paterick, Timothy E ^a   Umland, Matt M ^a   Jan, M Fuad ^a   Ammar, Khawaja Afzal ^a   Kramer, Christopher ^a   Khandheria, Bijoy K ^a   Seward, James B ^b   Tajik, A Jamil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Embryology; Genetic heterogeneity; Left ventricular noncompaction

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 84859160943     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2011.12.023     Document Type: Review

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