Torsade de pointes: An electrophysiological effect of cardiac resynchronization?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 520-522

  Turitto, Gioia ^a   Haq, Salman ^a   Benson, David ^a   El Sherif, Nabil ^a  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Proarrhythmia; Torsade de pointes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE BIGEMINY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; SYMPTOM; TELEMETRY; TORSADE DES POINTES;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TORSADES DE POINTES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646522904     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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