Dilated cardiomyopathy

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 228-237

  Lakdawala, Neal K ^a   Winterfield, Jeffery R ^b   Funke, Birgit H ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia (heart rhythm disorders); Cardiomyopathy; Dilated; Genetics; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOXAZOSIN; HYDRALAZINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE;

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CYTOSKELETON; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; LIFESTYLE; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOLEMMA; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SINUS ARREST; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; ANIMAL; CARDIOVERSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876287387     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.962050     Document Type: Article

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