Evaluation of spontaneous variability in the frequency of ventricular arrhythmias in Boxers with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 538-541

  Spier, Alan W ^a,b   Meurs, Kathryn M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 1142310771     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.224.538     Document Type: Article

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