Myocardial involvement in two carriers of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy: A rare cause of supraventricular arrhythmia;Myokardbeteiligung bei ubertragerstatus fur die muskeldystrophie typ Duchenne: Eine seltene ursache fur supraventrikulare rhythmusstorungen

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 123, Issue 31-32, 1998, Pages 930-935

  Ruchardt A ^a,b   Eisenlohr, H ^a,b   Lydtin, H ^a,b  

^a Krankhs Landkreises Starnberg GmbH

^b Krankenhaus des Landkreises GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DYSTROPHIN; METOPROLOL; NICARDIPINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CREATINE KINASE; ENALAPRIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG COMBINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CREATINE KINASE; DIURETICS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DYSTROPHIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENALAPRIL; FEMALE; HEART; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METOPROLOL; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MYOCARDIUM; NICARDIPINE; PEDIGREE; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 0032584390     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1024100     Document Type: Article

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