Ventricular arrhythmias originating from the epicardial ventricular outflow tract complicated with peripartum cardiomyopathy

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-57

  Yamada, Takumi ^a   McElderry, H Thomas ^a   Muto, Masahiro ^b   Okada, Taro ^b   Murakami, Yoshimasa ^b   Doppalapudi, Harish ^a   Epstein, Andrew E ^a   Plumb, Vance J ^a   Kay, G Neal ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

^b Aichi Prefectural Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epicardial; Peripartum cardiomyopathy; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Ventricular arrhythmia; Ventricular outflow tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 64449084243     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-008-9325-z     Document Type: Article

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