Congenital left ventricular diverticulum presenting as ventricular tachycardia in an elderly woman

American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 262-265

  Deepak, Bangalore V ^a   Alsous, Fadi ^a   Mathur, Radhika ^a   Zarich, Stuart ^a  

^a BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIODARONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 35248817376     PISSN: 10767460     EISSN: 1751715X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1076-7460.2007.05791.x     Document Type: Article

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