Pauses after burst pacing provoke afterdepolarizations and torsades de pointes in a patient with long QT syndrome

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 720-723

  Kirchhof, Paulus ^a   Zellerhoff, Stephan ^a   Mönnig, Gerold ^a   Schulze Bahr, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afterdepolarization; Electrophysiological study; Long QT syndrome; Torsades de Pointes

Indexed keywords

METOPROLOL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 11144326954     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2004.08.016     Document Type: Article

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