282 * OUTCOMES AND RISK FACTORS FOR HEART TRANSPLANTATION IN CHILDREN WITH END-STAGE CARDIOMYOPATHY
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Cardiomyopathy and heart transplantation in children.
Cardiomyopathy is one of the most common causes of death in children with heart disease. Increasingly, dilated cardiomyopathy is recognized to be familial, and specific gene products related to the myocyte cytoskeleton and contractile proteins have been identified. Other associations with metabolic disease, dysmorphic syndromes, and neuromuscular disease are important to establish, particularly...
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عنوان ژورنال: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1569-9293,1569-9285
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu276.282