Article
Familial dilated cardiomyopathy: echocardiographic diagnostic criteria for classification of family members as affected.
Journal of cardiac failure - 1 Sept 1999
Hershberger R E, Ni H, Crispell K A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Echocardiographic criteria for left ventricular enlargement (LVE) used to classify subjects as affected in families with familial dilated cardiomyopathy (FDC) have been inconsistent. A recent report from a large Framingham echocardiographic study provides an opportunity to improve the assignment of LVE and FDC in kindreds, principally with a dilated phenotype. The objective of this study is to...
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