Delayed paced ventricular activation in the long QT syndrome is associated with ventricular fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 771-778

  Saumarez, Richard C ^a,b   Pytkowski, Mariusz ^c   Sterlinski, Maciej ^c   Hauer, Richard N W ^d   Derksen, Richard ^d   Lowe, Martin D ^a,b   Szwed, Hannah ^c   Huang, Christopher L H ^b   Ward, David E ^e   Camm, A John ^e   Grace, Andrew A ^a,b  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac arrest; Electrophysiology; Long QT syndrome; Torsade de pointes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNCOPE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33745496303     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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