Focal monomorphic ventricular tachycardia as the first manifestation of amyloid cardiomyopathy

Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 143-147

  Seethala, Srikanth ^a   Jain, Sandeep ^b   Ohori, N Paul ^a   Monaco, Sara ^a   Lacomis, Joan ^a   Crock, Frederick ^b   Nemec, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

AICD; Amyloid cardiomyopathy; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77749277595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09726292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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