Left ventricular cardiac fibroma in a child presenting with ventricular tachycardia

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 223-226

  Stratemann, Stacy ^a,b   Dzurik, Yvette ^a   Fish, Frank ^a   Parra, David ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac fibroma; Cardiac tumor; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ATENOLOL; DILTIAZEM;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FIBROMA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QRS COMPLEX; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FIBROMA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 38349179602     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-007-9083-1     Document Type: Article

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