Non-compaction cardiomyopathy: Prevalence, prognosis,pathoetiology, genetics, and risk of cardioembolism

Current Heart Failure Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 393-403

  Carrilho Ferreira, Pedro ^a,b   Almeida, Ana G ^a,b   Pinto, Fausto J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Genetics; Left ventricular non compaction; Management; Natural history; Pathogenesis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

DYSTROBREVIN;

ARTICLE; CARDIOEMBOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; RISK FACTOR;

EMBOLISM; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84933504809     PISSN: 15469530     EISSN: 15469549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-014-0227-3     Document Type: Article

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