Sudden cardiac death stratification in asymptomatic ventricular preexcitation

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1536-1537

  Cantú, Francesco ^a   Goette, Andreas ^b  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Preexcitation; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

PROCAINAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG INFUSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PREEXCITATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RR INTERVAL; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRE-EXCITATION SYNDROMES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 71049136027     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup340     Document Type: Article

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