Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: The Gold Standard or Just Another Imaging Modality?

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-29

  Stevenson, Irene ^a,b   Kalman, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1542380009     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JICE.0000011481.85698.64     Document Type: Note

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