Inducible ventricular tachycardia due to dermatomyositis-Related cardiomyopathy in the era of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 967-969

  Dilaveris, Polychronis ^a   Pietri, Panagiota ^a   Tsiachris, Dimitris ^a   Gatzoulis, Konstantinos ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GADOLINIUM; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIZZINESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84857557764     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.049882     Document Type: Note

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