Key Questions Relating to Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy: Is the Emperor Still Wearing Any Clothes?

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 747-757

  Anderson, Robert H ^a,b   Jensen, Bjarke ^c   Mohun, Timothy J ^d   Petersen, Steffen E ^e   Aung, Nay ^e   Zemrak, Filip ^e   Planken, R Nils ^c   MacIver, David H ^f,g,h  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; AUTOPSY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART TRABECULAR MUSCLE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 85017185375     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2017.01.017     Document Type: Review

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