Ventricular preexcitation associated with dilated cardiomyopathy: A causal relationship?

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 594-599

  Emmel, Mathias ^a   Balaji, Seshadri ^b   Sreeram, Narayanswami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Ventricular preexcitation; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PREEXCITATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRE-EXCITATION SYNDROMES;

EID: 19844380916     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951104006031     Document Type: Article

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