Cardiac imaging in right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia-how does cardiac imaging assist in understanding the morphologic, functional, and electrical changes of the heart in this disease?

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137.e1-137.e10

  Sorrell, Vincent L ^a   Kumar, Sachin ^a   Kalra, Nishant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Cardiomyopathy; Computed tomography; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Nuclear cardiology; Tissue Doppler

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 60349106300     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2008.12.019     Document Type: Review

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