Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 42, Issue 2 , Pages 137.e1-137.e10 , March 2009

Cardiac imaging in right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia—how does cardiac imaging assist in understanding the morphologic, functional, and electrical changes of the heart in this disease?

  • Vincent L. Sorrell, MD, FACC, FACP, FASE

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Clinical Medicine (Cardiology), Radiology, Pediatrics, The Allan C Hudson and Helen Lovaas Endowed Chair of Cardiac Imaging, University of Arizona and the Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ 85724-5037, USA. Tel.: +1 520 626 1416; fax: +1 520 626 4333.
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  • Sachin Kumar, MD
    • ,
  • Nishant Kalra, MD

Received 19 November 2008

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doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2008.12.019

Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 42, Issue 2 , Pages 137.e1-137.e10 , March 2009

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