Mechanisms underlying spontaneous and induced ventricular arrhythmias in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 2404-2414

  Pogwizd, Steven M ^a,b   McKenzie, John P ^a   Cain, Michael E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Mapping; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

EID: 0032403673     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.22.2404     Document Type: Article

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