Cardiac resynchronization therapy in a case of myotonic dystrophy (Steinert's disease) and dilated cardiomyopathy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 916-920

  Kilic, Teoman ^a   Vural, Ahmet ^a   Ural, Dilek ^a   Sahin, Tayfun ^a   Agacdiken, Aysen ^a   Ertas, Gökhan ^a   Yildiz, Yelda ^a   Komsuoglu, Baki ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Myotonic dystrophy; Steinert's disease

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 34250714973     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00782.x     Document Type: Article

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