Normalization of function in pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy: recovery or remission?

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Alan B Lewis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014.

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. 2014 Apr 15;63(14):1414-5.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.01.037. Epub 2014 Feb 19.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: alewis@chla.usc.edu.

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Keywords: cardiac recovery; children; dilated cardiomyopathy; heart failure.

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