Unclassified cardiomyopathies in neuromuscular disorders

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 163, Issue 21-22, 2013, Pages 505-513

  Finsterer, Josef ^a   Stöllberger, Claudia ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Apical ballooning; Broken heart syndrome; Cardiac involvement; Cardiomyopathy; Myocardium; Noncompaction; Stress; Transient left ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE DEAMINASE; ALPHA TROPOMYOSIN; RYANODINE RECEPTOR;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BARTH SYNDROME; BETA THALASSEMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL INCLUSION; DANON DISEASE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DYSTROPHINOPATHY; DYSTROPHY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 2; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LAMINOPATHY; LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTRABECULATION; MULTIMINICORE DISEASE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OCULOPHARYNGEAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; POLIOMYELITIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; MYOCARDIUM; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84890803216     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: 1563258X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-013-0243-z     Document Type: Review

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