Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 7 , Pages 984-992 , July 2009

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia clinical presentation and diagnostic evaluation: Results from the North American Multidisciplinary Study

Received 3 November 2008 ,Accepted 6 March 2009.

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 This study was supported by Grant NIH UO1-HL65594.

 Author affiliations are listed in the Appendix.

PII: S1547-5271(09)00288-4

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.03.013

Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 7 , Pages 984-992 , July 2009

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