Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1036-1039

  Marcus, Frank ^a   Basso, Cristina ^b   Gear, Kathleen ^a   Sorrell, Vincent L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 77949549622     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.11.033     Document Type: Article

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