Dynamics of T-U Wave in Patients with Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia Originating from the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 148-155

  Nakagawa, Mikiko ^a,b   Ito, Morio ^a   Takahashi, Naohiko ^a,b   Ooie, Tatsuhiko ^a   Shigematsu, Sakuji ^a,b   Hara, Masahide ^a,b   Ichinose, Masashi ^a   Nobe, Seiki ^a   Yonemochi, Hidetoshi ^a   Saikawa, Tetsunori ^a  

^a Department of Laboratory Medicine ^*  (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

RVOT; T wave; T U complex; U wave; VT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SINUS RHYTHM; T WAVE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 10744223346     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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