An underrecognized subepicardial reentrant ventricular tachycardia attributable to left ventricular aneurysm in patients with normal coronary arteriograms

Circulation

Volumn 107, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2702-2709

  Ouyang, Feifan ^a   Antz, Matthias ^b   Deger, Florian T ^b   Bänsch, Dietmar ^b   Schaumann, Anselm ^b   Ernst, Sabine ^b   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Mapping; Syncope; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATION; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0037566366     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000068343.69532.b6     Document Type: Article

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