Sustained ventricular tachycardia in a patient with midventricular hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and apycal aneurysm;Taquicardias ventriculares sostenidas en un paciente con miocardiopatía hipertrófica medioventricular y aneurisma apical

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 593-596

  López Mínguez, José Ramón ^a,b   Merchán Herrera, Antonio ^a   Cimboria Ortega, Antonio ^a   Millán Núñez, Victoría ^a   García Andoain, José María ^a   Álvarez Suárez Bárcenas, José María ^a   Martínez De La Concha, León ^a   Fernández De La Concha, Joaquín ^a   Alonso Ruiz, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apycal aneurysm; Midventricular hypertrophic myocardiopathy; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOMEGALY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ANEURYSM; HUMANS; MALE; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 2542479948     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(97)73269-x     Document Type: Article

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