Retrograde Purkinje potential activation during sinus rhythm following catheter ablation of idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1218-1224

  Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Nogami, Akihiko ^a   Naito, Shigeto ^a   Tomita, Tomoyuki ^a   Oshima, Shigeru ^a   Taniguchi, Koichi ^a   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^b   Iesaka, Yoshito ^b  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Decremental property; Idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia; Purkinje potential

Indexed keywords

VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS NODE MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0031737860     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1998.tb00095.x     Document Type: Article

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