Clockwise and counter-clockwise circulation of wavefronts around an anatomical obstacle as one mechanism of two morphologies of sustained ventricular tachycardia in patients after a corrective operation of tetralogy of fallot

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9 I, 1997, Pages 2279-2281

  Chinushi, Masaomi ^a,b   Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^a   Kitazawa, Hitoshi ^a   Takahashi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Washizuka, Takashi ^a   Shibata, Akira ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Macroreentry; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CICATRIX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

EID: 0030930404     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb04250.x     Document Type: Article

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