Initiation mode of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in chronic Chagas' Cardiomyopathy;Modo de inicio de las taquiarritmias ventriculares en la cardiopatía chagásica crónica

Archivos de Cardiologia de Mexico

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-284

  Rabinovich, Rafael F ^a   Muratore, Claudio A ^b   Baranchuk, Adrián ^c  

^a Sanatorio de la Trinidad   (Argentina)

^b Fundación FEMIEN   (Argentina)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Short long short pattern; Ventricular tachycardia, Chagas' disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; SINUS RHYTHM;

CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 53649103405     PISSN: 14059940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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