Ventricular tachycardia in non-compaction of left ventricle: Is this a frequent complication?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 544-546

  Fazio, Giovanni ^a,m   Corrado, Giovanni ^b   Zachara, Elisabetta ^d   Rapezzi, Carlo ^c,i   Sulafa, Ali K ^e   Sutera, Loredana ^a   Pizzuto, Caterina ^a   Stollberger, Claudia ^f   Sormani, Luca ^b   Finsterer, Joseph ^g   Benatar, Abraham ^h   Di Gesaro, Gabriele ^a   Cascio, Caterina ^a   Cangemi, Debora ^a   Cavusoglu, Yuksel ^j   Baumhakel, Magnus ^c,i   Drago, Fabrizio ^k   Carerj, Scipione ^l   Pipitone, Salvatore ^m   Novo, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Division of Pediatric Surgery   (Saudi Arabia)

^f 2nd Medical Department   (Austria)

^g KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^h ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^k BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^m Casa del Sole Hospital   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Isolated left ventricular non compaction; Malignant; Ventricular arrhythmias; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

BISOPROLOL; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR NON COMPACTION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 34247100241     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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