High Prevalence of Myocarditis Mimicking Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy. Differential Diagnosis by Electroanatomic Mapping-Guided Endomyocardial Biopsy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 681-689

  Pieroni, Maurizio ^a   Dello Russo, Antonio ^a   Marzo, Francesca ^a   Pelargonio, Gemma ^a   Casella, Michela ^a   Bellocci, Fulvio ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 dimensional electroanatomic mapping guided endomyocardial biopsy; arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; myocarditis

Indexed keywords

3 DIMENSIONAL ELECTROANATOMIC MAPPING; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 60049091977     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.11.017     Document Type: Article

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