Bundle branch reentrant ventricular tachycardia

Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 86-95

  Mazur, Alexander ^a,b   Kusniec, Jairo ^a   Strasberg, Boris ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bundle branch reentrant ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HEART BEAT; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; PURKINJE FIBER; QRS COMPLEX; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUS RHYTHM; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 23144456612     PISSN: 09726292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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