Ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation in normal hearts

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-19

  Vergara, Ismael ^a   Wharton, J Marcus ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 0031908904     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199801000-00003     Document Type: Review

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