The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 117, Issue 9 , Pages 685-695 , 1 November 2004

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: Clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management

Received 26 November 2003 ,Accepted 22 April 2004.

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 Professor McKenna and Dr. Sen-Chowdhry were supported by the British Heart Foundation. This ongoing work was supported by European Community Research Contract No. QLG1-CT-2000-01091.

PII: S0002-9343(04)00521-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.04.028

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 117, Issue 9 , Pages 685-695 , 1 November 2004

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