Triggers of sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia differ among patients with varying etiologies of left ventricular dysfunction

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-117

  Rosman, Jonathan ^a   Hanon, Sam ^a,b   Shapiro, Michael ^a   Evans, Steven J ^a   Schweitzer, Paul ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators; Prematurity ratio; Reentry; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33645321850     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2006.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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