The prevalence of early repolarization in patients with noncompaction cardiomyopathy presenting with malignant ventricular arrhythmias

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 938-944

  Caliskan, Kadir ^a   Ujvari, Barbara ^a   Bauernfeind, Tamas ^a   Theuns, Dominic A M J ^a   Van Domburg, Ron T ^a   Akca, Ferdi ^a   Jordaens, Luc ^a   Simoons, Maarten L ^a   Szili Torok, Tamas ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early repolarization; Noncompaction cardiomyopathy; Risk factors; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; EARLY REPOLARIZATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SCHOOL CHILD; ST SEGMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84870439815     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2012.02325.x     Document Type: Article

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