Abnormal cardiac innervation in patients with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages 357-360

  Biffi, Mauro ^a   Fallani, Francesco ^a   Boriani, Giuseppe ^a   Fanti, Stefano ^a   Kowoll, Ludovica ^a   Pettinato, Cinzia ^a   Monetti, Nino ^a   Branzi, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac innervation; Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation; Metaiodobenzylguanidine SPECT

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART INNERVATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE ENDING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 0037246530     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00049.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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