Treatment of PVCs post-myocardial infarction: Will we get fooled again?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1550-1551

  Sullivan, Renee M ^a   Olshansky, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEATH; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAR;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 70350482075     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.08.029     Document Type: Editorial

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