Contribution of electroanatomical mapping to the diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in a patient with sustained ventricular tachycardia

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 184-189

  Katsouras, Grigorios E ^a   Margos, Panagiotis N ^a   Livanis, Efthimios G ^a   Theodorakis, Georgios N ^a   Kremastinos, Dimitrios Th ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; Electrophysiologic study; Right ventricular outflow tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 35348960570     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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