Left ventricular hypertrabeculation/non-compaction in a Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy carrier with epilepsy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2012, Pages e3-

  Finsterer, Josef ^a,b   Stöllberger, Claudia ^b   Wexberg, Paul ^b   Schukro, Christoph ^c  

^a DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^b KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiac involvement; Cardiomyopathy; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dystrophin gene; Heart failure; Neuromuscular disorder

Indexed keywords

BISOPROLOL; FUROSEMIDE; RAMIPRIL; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CONGESTION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYOCARDITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION;

EID: 84870236555     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.04.120     Document Type: Article

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