Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in a patient with cardiac amyloidosis [6]

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 560-561

  Itoh, Mitsuru ^a   Ohmori, Konosuke ^a   Yata, Kenichiro ^a   Wada, Hideho ^a   Tsuchiya, Tetsuo ^a   Okahashi, Noriko ^a   Hamanaka, Sohei ^a   Yoshida, Kiyoshi ^a   Tanemoto, Kazuo ^a   Sugihara, Takashi ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYLOIDOSIS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 33745727026     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20631     Document Type: Letter

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