Frequent ventricular premature beats in children with a structurally normal heart: A cause for reversible left ventricular dysfunction?

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 986-990

  Kakavand, Bahram ^a   Ballard, Hubert O ^a   Disessa, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Children; Premature ventricular beats

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 77957590901     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9740-7     Document Type: Article

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