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Premature ventricular contractions

Known as: Premature ventricular contraction, Ventricular Beat, Premature, ECTOPIC BEATS (VENTRICULAR) 
A type of cardiac arrhythmia with premature contractions of the HEART VENTRICLES. It is characterized by the premature QRS complex on ECG that is of… 
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (3)

Conduction disorder of the heartPremature Cardiac ComplexVentricular arrhythmia

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Stoll Alembik Dott syndrome

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2011
Highly Cited
2011
Cancer statistics, 2011
Each year, the American Cancer Society estimates the numbers of new cancer cases and deaths expected in the United States in the… 
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
Suppression of basal autophagy in neural cells causes neurodegenerative disease in mice
Autophagy is an intracellular bulk degradation process through which a portion of the cytoplasm is delivered to lysosomes to be… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Childhood obesity: public-health crisis, common sense cure
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Long-term use of a left ventricular assist device for end-stage heart failure.
BACKGROUND Implantable left ventricular assist devices have benefited patients with end-stage heart failure as a bridge to… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The use of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to identify reversible myocardial dysfunction.
  • R. Kim, E. Wu, R. Judd
  • The New England journal of medicine
  • 2000
  • Corpus ID: 12107164
BACKGROUND Recent studies indicate that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after the administration of contrast material can be… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Spontaneous initiation of atrial fibrillation by ectopic beats originating in the pulmonary veins.
BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation, the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and a major cause of stroke, results from… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Heart rate variability. Standards of measurement, physiological interpretation, and clinical use
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Effect of enalapril on mortality and the development of heart failure in asymptomatic patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fractions.
BACKGROUND It is not known whether the treatment of patients with asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction reduces mortality and… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Right bundle branch block, persistent ST segment elevation and sudden cardiac death: a distinct clinical and electrocardiographic syndrome. A multicenter report.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Prognostic implications of echocardiographically determined left ventricular mass in the Framingham Heart Study.
A pattern of left ventricular hypertrophy evident on the electrocardiogram is a harbinger of morbidity and mortality from… 
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