Significance of accelerated idioventricular rhythm in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 899-904

  Grimm, Wolfram ^a   Hoffmann, Jürgen ^a   Menz, Volker ^a   Schmidt, Christina ^a   Müller, Hans Helge ^b   Maisch, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Inst Med Biometr and Epidemiol   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; SOTALOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0034177689     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00892-9     Document Type: Article

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