Peripartum cardiomyopathy presenting with repetitive monomorphic ventricular tachycardia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 557-558

  Gemici, Gökmen ^a   Tezcan, Hakan ^a   Fak, Ali Serdar ^a   Oktay, Ahmet ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Peripartum cardiomyopathy; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 1842832916     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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