Dilated cardiomyopathy

Nature Reviews Disease Primers

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Schultheiss, Heinz Peter ^a,b   Fairweather, DeLisa ^c   Caforio, Alida L P ^d   Escher, Felicitas ^a,b,e   Hershberger, Ray E ^f   Lipshultz, Steven E ^g,h,i   Liu, Peter P ^j   Matsumori, Akira ^k   Mazzanti, Andrea ^l,m   McMurray, John ⁿ   Priori, Silvia G ^l,m  

^a Institute for Cardiac Diagnostic and Therapy (IKDT)   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

ⁱ ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^k NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^m IRCCS   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENKEPHALINASE INHIBITOR; MINERALOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; SEX HORMONE; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; AUTOIMMUNITY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHILD; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART PROTECTION; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGENERATION; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMPLICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTOR;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 85065568021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2056676X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41572-019-0084-1     Document Type: Article

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