Life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias associated with giant cell myocarditis (possibly sarcoidosis)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1280-1282

  Tarantini, Giuseppe ^a   Menti, Liana ^a   Angelini, Annalisa ^b   Martini, Bortolo ^c   Thiene, Gaetano ^a   Daliento, Luciano ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c General Hospital of Thiene   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ATENOLOL; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0034657572     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00749-9     Document Type: Article

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