Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or non-compaction? How the first impression can be wrong

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Jorge, Cláudia ^a   Marques, João Silva ^a   Miltenberger Miltényi, Gábriel ^b   Pinto, Fausto J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR JOÃO LOBO ANTUNES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance; Echocardiography; Non compactation cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LETTER; MALE; NEGRO; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T WAVE INVERSION; TAZ GENE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION;

EID: 84863607697     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.10.110     Document Type: Article

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