Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: Diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment

Heart

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 588-595

  Corrado, Domenico ^a   Basso, Cristina ^a   Thiene, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SOTALOL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENE LOCUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0034064916     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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