Diagnostic value of endomyocardial biopsy guided by electroanatomic voltage mapping in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1127-1134

  Avella, Andrea ^a   D'Amati, Giulia ^b   Pappalardo, Augusto ^a   Re, Federica ^a   Silenzi, Paola Francesca ^b   Laurenzi, Francesco ^a   De Girolamo, Piergiuseppe ^a   Pelargonio, Gemma ^a   Russo, Antonio Dello ^a   Baratta, Pasquale ^a   Messina, Giuseppe ^a   Zecchi, Paolo ^a   Zachara, Elisabetta ^a   Tondo, Claudio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Biopsy; Cardiomyopathy; Mapping; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROANATOMIC VOLTAGE MAPPING; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 55449088876     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01228.x     Document Type: Article

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