Clues to a Life-threatening Disease

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1010-1012

  Santangeli, Pasquale ^a   Ferrante, Giuseppe ^a   Pieroni, Maurizio ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIZZINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SYNCOPE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71249127684     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.07.004     Document Type: Note

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