Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy presenting with intra-operative aborted sudden cardiac death and Takotsubo-like left ventricular functional abnormalities

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 330-334

  Zaman, Sarah ^a   Ramesh, Nadarajah ^b   Kovoor, Pramesh ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Hawkesbury Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Arrhythmias; Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; Cardiac; Flecainide; General; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; FLECAINIDE; SOTALOL; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QT PROLONGATION; SUDDEN DEATH; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 67749111888     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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