Markedly reduced ventricular arrhythmia during the peripartum period in a pregnant woman with Andersen-Tawil syndrome

Journal of Arrhythmia

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 360-363

  Kamiya, Chizuko A ^a   Shimizu, Wataru ^a   Kabayashi, Yoshinari ^a   Miyoshi, Takekazu ^a   Horiuchi, Chinami ^a   Umekawa, Takashi ^a   Yamanaka, Kaoru ^a   Neki, Reiko ^a   Katsuragi, Shinji ^a   Yoshimatsu, Jun ^a   Ikeda, Tomoaki ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84870394419     PISSN: 18804276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joa.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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