T-wave oversensing by an implantable cardioverter defibrillator after successful ablation of idiopathic ventricular fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-435

  Strohmer, Bernhard ^a   Schernthaner, Christiana ^a   Pichler, Maximilian ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Radiofrequency ablation; T wave oversensing; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SEIZURE; T WAVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33645723961     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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