Mode of onset of malignant ventricular arrhythmias in idiopathic ventricular fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1115-1120

  Viskin, Sami ^a   Lesh, Michael D ^b   Eldar, Michael ^a   Fish, Roman ^a   Setbon, Israel ^a   Laniado, Shlomo ^a   Belhassen, Bernard ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electrocardiographic recording; Electrophysiologic study; Long QT syndrome; Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia; Right ventricular dysplasia; Sudden death; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030754320     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1997.tb00997.x     Document Type: Article

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