Palpitations an annoyance that may require clairvoyance

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 958-965

  Reagan, Brendan W ^a   Huang, Robert L ^b   Clair, Walter K ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; Genetic testing; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Palpitations; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; METOPROLOL; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NONSUSTAINED VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; TELEMETRY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 84857607706     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.055772     Document Type: Article

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