Diagnostic value of endomyocardial biopsies of the right ventricular septum in arrhythmias originating from the right ventricle

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-202

  Peters, Stefan ^a   Davies, Michael J ^b   Mckenna, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; Endomyocardial biopsy; Fibrosis; Right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOMATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029872633     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.37.195     Document Type: Article

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