'Frequent' ventricular bigeminy - A reversible cause of dilated cardiomyopathy. How frequent is 'frequent'?

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 869-873

  Shanmugam, N ^a   Chua, T P ^a   Ward, D ^a,b  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy; Premature ventricular contractions; Radiofrequency ablation; Ventricular ectopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE BIGEMINY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33751188920     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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