Neurological comorbidity affects prognosis in left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 594-598

  Stöllberger, Claudia ^a   Blazek, Gerhard ^b   Wegner, Christian ^c   Finsterer, Josef ^a,d  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b HANUSCH HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^d DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Heart failure; Myopathy; Noncompaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTRABECULATION; HUMAN; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC MYOPATHY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868300449     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: 15273288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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