Sustained polymorphic ventricular tachycardia unassociated with QT prolongation or bradycardia in the Kearns-Sayre syndrome

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1911-1912

  Oginosawa, Yasushi ^a   Abe, Haruhiko ^a   Nagatomo, Toshihisa ^a   Mizuki, Tsunetaka ^b   Nakashima, Yasuhide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Tagawa City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Implantable defibrillator; Kearns Sayre syndrome; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; KEARNS SAYRE SYNDROME; LONG QT SYNDROME; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; KEARNS-SAYER SYNDROME; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0141519140     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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