Sex-specific triggers for right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia

American Heart Journal

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1009-1013

  Marchlinski, Francis E ^a,b   Deely, Megan P ^a   Zado, Erica S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0034042019     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2000.106164     Document Type: Article

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