Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy underlies syndrome of right bundle branch block, ST-segment elevation, and sudden death

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 519-522

  Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Aihara, Naohiko ^b   Ohe, Tohru ^b   Yutani, Chikao ^b   Hamada, Seiki ^b   Miyanuma, Hiroaki ^b   Takamiya, Makoto ^b   Kamakura, Shiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0032519519     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00942-9     Document Type: Article

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