Fragmented and delayed electrograms within fibrofatty scar predict arrhythmic events in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: Results from a prospective risk stratification study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1200-1206

  Santangeli, Pasquale ^a,d   Dello Russo, Antonio ^b   Pieroni, Maurizio ⁱ   Casella, Michela ^b   Di Biase, Luigi ^a,d,e   Burkhardt, J David ^a   Sanchez, Javier ^a   Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya ^f   Carbucicchio, Corrado ^b   Zucchetti, Martina ^b   Pelargonio, Gemma ^g   Themistoclakis, Sakis ^h   Camporeale, Antonia ^g   Rossillo, Antonio ^h   Beheiry, Salwa ^c   Hongo, Richard ^c   Bellocci, Fulvio ^g   Tondo, Claudio ^b   Natale, Andrea ^a,c,e  

^a TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^e The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^h Dell'Angelo Hospital   (Italy)

ⁱ IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; Electroanatomic mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROANATOMIC MAPPING; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CICATRIX; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84864485891     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.03.057     Document Type: Article

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