Multiple forms of sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia as common presentation in giant-cell myocarditis

Heart

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-121

  Graner M ^a   Lommi, J ^a   Kupari, M ^a   Raisanen Sokolowski A ^a   Toivonen, L ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GIANT CELL; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL MYOCARDITIS; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 33846259068     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.079053     Document Type: Article

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