Diagnostic work-up of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-79

  Casolo, Giancarlo ^a,d   Di Cesare, Ernesto ^b   Molinari, Giuseppe ^c   Knoll, Peter ^a   Midiri, Massimo ^b   Fedele, Francesco ^c   Biasi, Salvatore ^a   Rega, Luigi ^b   Casolo, Filippo ^b   Barsotti, Antonio ^c  

^a ANMCO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b Sezione di Studio di Cardioradiologia della Società Italiana di Radiologia Medica   (Italy)

^c Gruppo di Studio di Risonanza Magnetica   (Italy)

^d CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; Cardiomyopathies; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 7044222865     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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