Reduced left ventricular compacta thickness: A novel echocardiographic criterion for non-compaction cardiomyopathy

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1050-1057

  Gebhard, Catherine ^a   Stähli, Barbara E ^a   Greutmann, Matthias ^a   Biaggi, Patric ^a   Jenni, Rolf ^a   Tanner, Felix C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Diagnostic criterion; Echocardiography; Myocardial disease; Noncompaction; Ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; PULMONARY VALVE DISEASE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84866743437     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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