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The morphological spectrum of ventricular noncompaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2005

Robert M. Freedom ,
Shi-Joon Yoo ,
Don Perrin ,
Glenn Taylor ,
Steffen Petersen  and
Robert H. Anderson
Robert M. Freedom
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Ontario, Canada Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Ontario, Canada Division of Cardiac Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children and Departments of Paediatrics, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and Medical Imaging, The University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Ontario, Canada
Shi-Joon Yoo
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiac Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children and Departments of Paediatrics, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and Medical Imaging, The University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Ontario, Canada
Don Perrin
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Ontario, Canada
Glenn Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Ontario, Canada
Steffen Petersen
Affiliation:
University of Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Robert H. Anderson
Affiliation:
Cardiac Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Cardiomyopathymyocardial dysgenesismyocardial hypertrabeculationspongy myocardium
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , August 2005 , pp. 345 - 364
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