Initiation modes of spontaneous monomorphic ventricular tachycardia in patients with chagas heart disease;Modos de inicio de taquicardia ventricular monomórfica espontánea en pacientes con cardiopatía chagásica

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 487-493

  Abello, Mauricio ^a,b,c   González Zuelgaray, Jorge ^b   López, Carlos ^b   Labadet, Carlos ^b  

^a FLENI   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE AGUDOS DR COSME ARGERICH   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Defibrillator; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; QRS COMPLEX; RR INTERVAL;

EID: 46449138987     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13119993     Document Type: Article

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