Supraventricular arrhythmias in noncompaction of left ventricle: Is this a frequent complication?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-256

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

ⁱ SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^l Casa del Sole Hospital   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Isolated left ventricular noncompaction; Palpitation syncope; Supraventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICLE NONCOMPACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 44849140733     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.02.061     Document Type: Article

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