Adenosine-sensitive ventricular tachycardia: Right ventricular abnormalities delineated by magnetic resonance imaging

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1192-1200

  Markowitz, Steven M ^a   Litvak, Bonnie L ^a   Ramirez De Arellano, Elizabeth A ^a   Markisz, John A ^a   Stein, Kenneth M ^a   Lerman, Bruce B ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Tachycardia; Ventricles

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030791767     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.4.1192     Document Type: Article

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