Ventricular late potentials, interstitial fibrosis, and right ventricular function in patients with ventricular tachycardia and normal left ventricular function

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 790-792

  La Vecchia, Luigi ^a   Ometto, Renata ^a   Bedogni, Francesco ^a   Finocchi, Giuseppe ^a   Mosele, Gian Marco ^a   Bozzola, Loredana ^a   Bevilacqua, Pierantonio ^a   Vincenzi, Mario ^a  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0032521374     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)01012-6     Document Type: Article

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