Ventricular preexcitation in children and young adults: Atrial myocarditis as a possible trigger of sudden death

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 269-275

  Basso, Cristina ^a   Corrado, Domenico ^a   Rossi, Lino ^a   Thiene, Gaetano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b FEACTS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrium; Death, sudden; Myocarditis; Pathology; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PREEXCITATION; HIS BUNDLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOM; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 0035895314     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.2.269     Document Type: Article

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