Significance of late diastolic potential preceding Purkinje potential in verapamil-sensitive idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2408-2413

  Tsuchiya, Takeshi ^a   Okumura, Ken ^b   Honda, Toshihiro ^a   Honda, Takashi ^a   Iwasa, Atsushi ^b   Yasue, Hirofumi ^c   Tabuchi, Toshifumi ^c  

^a SAISEIKAI KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Potentials; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; QRS COMPLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0033545952     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.18.2408     Document Type: Article

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