Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: Dysplasia, dystrophy, or myocarditis?

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 983-991

  Basso, Cristina ^a   Thiene, Gaetano ^a,b   Corrado, Domenico ^a   Angelini, Annalisa ^a   Nava, Andrea ^a   Valente, Marialuisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; cardiomyopathy; death, sudden; myocarditis; pathology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0029787576     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.5.983     Document Type: Article

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