Electrocardiographic and electrophysiologic characteristics of ventricular tachycardia originating within the pulmonary artery

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 887-895

  Sekiguchi, Yukio ^a,d   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Yamauchi, Yasuteru ^a   Hachiya, Hitoshi ^a   Yokoyama, Yasuhiro ^a   Iesaka, Yoshito ^b   Isobe, Mitsuaki ^c  

^a YOKOSUKA KYOSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Tsuchiura Kyodo Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RHYTHM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; Q WAVE; R WAVE; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 14844318526     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.10.071     Document Type: Article

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