Spontaneous Ventricular Tachycardia and Fibrillation in a Patient with a Positive Microvolt T Wave Alternans Test and Negative Electrophysiological Study

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 120-122

  Molon, Giulio ^a   Marangoni, Daniele ^b   Barbieri, Enrico ^a  

^a SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmias; Electrophysiological study; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; T wave alternans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QT INTERVAL; SYNCOPE; T WAVE;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 1642561514     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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