Sudden death in a patient with idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract arrhythmia

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 801-803

  Bottoni, Nicola ^a   Quartieri, Fabio ^a   Lolli, Gino ^a   Iori, Matteo ^a   Manari, Antonio ^a   Menozzi, Carlo ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Right ventricular outflow tract, ventricular fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

CARVEDILOL; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 70349112674     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32832cebbb     Document Type: Article

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