End stage of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with severe involvement of the interventricular septum

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 283-289

  Noorman, Maartje ^a,c   Groeneweg, Judith A ^a,c   Asimaki, Angeliki ^d   Rizzo, Stefania ^e   Papegaaij, Maartje ^a   van Stuijvenberg, Leonie ^a   de Jonge, Nicolaas ^a   Dooijes, Dennis ^a   Basso, Cristina ^e   Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^d   van Veen, Toon A B ^a   Vink, Aryan ^b   Hauer, Richard N W ^a,c  

^a Department of Medical Physiology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; Cardiac transplantation; Cardiomyopathy; Desmosome; Electrocardiogram; Electron microscopy; Gap junction; Genetics; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; PLAKOPHILIN; PLAKOPHILIN 2; SOTALOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSKINESIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INSULIN COMA THERAPY; INTERVENTRICULAR SEPTUM; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR SEPTUM;

EID: 84882281130     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.10.029     Document Type: Article

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