The relation between the pacing sites in the right ventricular outflow tract and QRS morphology in the 12-lead ECG

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 399-404

  Shima, Takashi ^e   Ohnishi, Yoshio ^e   Inoue, Tomoo ^a   Yoshida, Akihiro ^b   Shimizu, Hiroki ^c   Itagaki, Takeshi ^b   Sekiya, Junichi ^d   Yamashiro, Kouhei ^e   Takei, Asumi ^e   Adachi, Kazumasa ^e   Yokoyama, Mitsuhiro ^e  

^a Konan Hospital Foundation Rokko Island Hospital   (Japan)

^b Himeji Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

^c HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Sanda City Hospital   (Japan)

^e KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia; Pace mapping; Right ventricular outflow tract; Transitional zone index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; QRS COMPLEX;

EID: 3042908561     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.62.399     Document Type: Article

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