The cardiologists' worst nightmare: Sudden death from "benign" ventricular arrhythmias

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1295-1297

  Viskin, Sami ^a,c   Antzelevitch, Charles ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CARDIOLOGY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 27744470147     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.07.010     Document Type: Editorial

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