Idiopathic premature ventricular contractions arising from the pulmonary artery: Importance of mapping in the pulmonary artery in left bundle branch block-shaped ventricular arrhythmias

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 865-869

  Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Kurosaki, Kenji ^a   Ito, Sachiko ^a   Naito, Shigeto ^a   Yamada, Minoru ^a   Miyaji, Kohei ^a   Hashimoto, Tohru ^a   Oshima, Shigeru ^a   Nogami, Akihiko ^b   Taniguchi, Koichi ^a  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Idiopathic ventricular contractions; Pulmonary artery; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE; QRS COMPLEX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PULMONARY ARTERY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 22244486027     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.865     Document Type: Article

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