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Published in: Pediatric Cardiology 4/2010

01-05-2010 | Letter to the Editor

Noncompaction of the Right Ventricle

Authors: Giovanni Fazio, Monica Lunetta, Emanuele Grassedonio, Alessandro Gullotti, Giovani Ferro, Daniela Bacarella, Giuseppe Lo Re, Giuseppina Novo, Midiri Massimo, Emiliano Maresi, Salvatore Novo

Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 4/2010

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Noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium is a disease characterized by an increase of the ventricular trabecular meshwork caused by arrest of the normal endomyocardial morphogenesis (Figs. 1, 2, 3).
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Metadata
Title
Noncompaction of the Right Ventricle
Authors
Giovanni Fazio
Monica Lunetta
Emanuele Grassedonio
Alessandro Gullotti
Giovani Ferro
Daniela Bacarella
Giuseppe Lo Re
Giuseppina Novo
Midiri Massimo
Emiliano Maresi
Salvatore Novo
Publication date
01-05-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Pediatric Cardiology / Issue 4/2010
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-010-9652-6

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