Atrial arrhythmias in the young: Early onset atrial arrhythmias preceding a diagnosis of a primary muscular dystrophy

Europace

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1814-1820

  Stoyanov, Nik ^a   Winterfield, Jeffrey ^b   Varma, Niraj ^c   Gollob, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Loyola Center for Heart and Vascular Medicine   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Genetics; Muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICE THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS ARREST; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930343217     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu141     Document Type: Article

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