Pathologic substrates for arrhythmogenesis in chronic chagasic cardiopathy

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 221-225

  Matturri, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030200993     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1054-8807(96)00002-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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