Cardioverter-defibrillator implantation in an elderly patient with isolated ventricular noncompaction

American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-52

  Aras, Dursun ^a   Tufekcioglu, Omac ^a   Ozeke, Ozcan ^a   Aras, Sevgi ^b   Topaloglu, Serkan ^a   Ergun, Kumral ^a   Yildiz, Ali ^a   Deveci, Bulent ^a   Korkmaz, Sule ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; RAMIPRIL; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIZZINESS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PACING; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; ISOLATED VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33947504681     PISSN: 10767460     EISSN: 1751715X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1076-7460.2007.05201.x     Document Type: Article

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