Ventricular tachycardias and dilated cardiomyopathy caused by fabry disease

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1142-1143

  Igawa, Osamu ^a   Miake, Junichiro ^a   Hisatome, Ichiro ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Fabry disease; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; AMIODARONE; METOPROLOL; PILSICAINIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEATH; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FABRY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE DISORDER; FATALITY; MIDDLE AGED;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; FABRY DISEASE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 33645260984     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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