Natural history of ventricular premature contractions in children with a structurally normal heart: Does origin matter?

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 998-1003

  Beaufort Krol, Gertie C M ^a   Dijkstra, Sebastiaan S P ^a   Bink Boelkens, Margreet Th E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Natural history; Paediatrics; Premature ventricular contractions; Structurally normal heart

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 48749113055     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun121     Document Type: Article

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