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A rare cause of heart failure

Noncompaction cardiomyopathy (NCCM) is a rare but important cause of heart failure. The reported prevalence of left ventricle NCCM based on echocardiographic criteria varies between 0.014% and 1.3%, while the biventricular involvement is extremely rare with only few cases reported.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Zoltowska, Dominika, Kalavakunta, Jagadeesh Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5986029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29881600
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1543
Descripción
Sumario:Noncompaction cardiomyopathy (NCCM) is a rare but important cause of heart failure. The reported prevalence of left ventricle NCCM based on echocardiographic criteria varies between 0.014% and 1.3%, while the biventricular involvement is extremely rare with only few cases reported.