Heart Transplantation for Ventricular Arrhythmia Caused by a Rare Hamartoma

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1114-1115

  Hsu, Po Shun ^a   Chen, Jia Lin ^a   Hong, Guo Jieng ^a   Tsai, Yi Ting ^a   Tsai, Chien Sung ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349235749     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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