Usefulness of Precordial T-Wave Inversion to Distinguish Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy from Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia Arising from the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1821-1824

  Morin, Daniel P ^a   Mauer, Andreas C ^b   Gear, Kathleen ^c   Zareba, Wojciech ^d   Markowitz, Steven M ^b   Marcus, Frank I ^c   Lerman, Bruce B ^b  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE REGISTRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; T WAVE INVERSION;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 77953121402     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.01.365     Document Type: Article

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