Steeper restitution slopes across right ventricular endocardium in patients with cardiomyopathy at high risk of ventricular arrhythmias

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Selvaraj, Raja J ^a   Picton, Peter ^a   Nanthakumar, Kumaraswamy ^a   Chauhan, Vijay S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Sudden death; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; T WAVE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 33847757507     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00913.2006     Document Type: Article

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