4. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia (ARVD): An overlooked and underdiagnosed condition?

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 262-265

  Coumbe, A ^a   Perez Martinez, A L ^a   Fegan, A W ^a   Hill, I R ^b  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; AMITRIPTYLINE; DEATH, SUDDEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE; OVERDOSE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0031179326     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249703700314     Document Type: Article

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