A Reversible Cardiomyopathy?
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A Reversible Cardiomyopathy?
Some traditional cardiomyopathies are well known. For instance peripartum cardiomyopathy. Complete recovery occurs in 50% percentage. Similarly tachycardiomyopathy can be caused by a heavy burden of ventricular ectopics, or by an incessant supraventricular tachycardia, or by repeated episodes of ventricular tachycardia. Ensite or Cartographic mapping and ablation of the arrhythmia can abolish t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: MOJ Clinical & Medical Case Reports
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2381-179X
DOI: 10.15406/mojcr.2016.05.00137