Tachycardiomyopathy: Mechanisms and clinical implications

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-106

  Fenelon, Guilherme ^a   Wijns, William ^a   Andries, Erik ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^a  

^a OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030024522     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb04796.x     Document Type: Review

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