Recurrent ventricular tachycardia in patient with friedreich's ataxia in the absence of clinical myocardial disease

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-112

  Asaad, Nidal ^a   El Menyar, Ayman ^a   Al Suwaidi, Jassim ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Friedreich's ataxia; Ventricular tachyarrhythmia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ATENOLOL; CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE MB; FRATAXIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; MAGNESIUM; PERINDOPRIL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TROPONIN T;

A WAVE; ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHROMOSOME 9; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIASTOLE; DYSARTHRIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRON; LEG; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYNEUROPATHY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PR INTERVAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; T WAVE INVERSION; TENDON REFLEX; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 73649135048     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02528.x     Document Type: Article

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