Initiating sequences in exercise induced idiopathic ventricular tachycardia of left bundle branch-like morphology

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1873-1880

  Gill, Jaswinder S ^a   Prasad, Krishna ^a   Blaszyk, Krzysztof ^a   Ward, David E ^a   Camm, A John ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise; Idiopathic; Initiating mechanisms; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

FLECAINIDE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; RR INTERVAL;

ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0031694446     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00005.x     Document Type: Article

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