Case report: Echocardiographic deformation imaging detects left ventricular involvement in a young boy with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Teske, Arco J ^a   Cox, Moniek G P J ^a   Peterse, Merlijn C ^a   Cramer, Maarten J ^a   Hauer, Richard N W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiomyapathy; Echocardiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tissue Doppler

Indexed keywords

SOTALOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART DILATATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 67349120592     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.040     Document Type: Article

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