Natural History of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Children

Autor: Ilaria Puggia, Marco Merlo, Giulia Barbati, Teisha J. Rowland, Davide Stolfo, Marta Gigli, Federica Ramani, Andrea Di Lenarda, Luisa Mestroni, Gianfranco Sinagra
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 5, Iss 7 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2047-9980
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.003450
Popis: BackgroundThe long‐term progression of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in pediatric patients compared with adult patients has not been previously characterized. In this study, we compared outcome and long‐term progression of pediatric and adult DCM populations. Methods and ResultsBetween 1988 and 2014, 927 DCM patients were consecutively enrolled. The pediatric population (aged
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