Premature ventricular contraction-induced cardiomyopathy: A treatable condition

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 229-236

  Cha, Yong Mei ^a   Lee, Glenn K ^b   Klarich, Kyle W ^a   Grogan, Martha ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiomyopathy; Heart failure; Premature ventricular contractions; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 84858314046     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.963348     Document Type: Article

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