Isolated left ventricular noncompaction in identical twins

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1175-1179

  Peters, Ferande ^a   Khandheria, Bijoy K ^b   Dos Santos, Claudia ^a   Matioda, Hiral ^a   Mogogane, Michael Thamaga ^a   Essop, Mohammed R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARVEDILOL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84866730080     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.05.060     Document Type: Article

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