Adipositas cordis, fatty infiltration of the right ventricle, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Just a matter of fat?

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-41

  Basso, Cristina ^a,b   Thiene, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adipositas cordis; Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 13844250348     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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