Prognostic value of posterior wall thickness in childhood dilated cardiomyopathy and myocarditis
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Prognostic value of posterior wall thickness in childhood dilated cardiomyopathy and myocarditis.
M-mode indices of left ventricular dimension and posterior wall thickness were derived from echocardiograms of children presenting with dilated cardiomyopathy/myocarditis and were related to outcome. Echocardiograms from 16 of 18 children were manually digitized to obtain changes of left ventricular dimension and posterior wall thickness throughout the cardiac cycle. Indices of ventricular func...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0195-668X,1522-9645
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a015041