Ablation of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia in two separate regions of the outflow tract: Prevalence and electrocardiographic characteristics

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Kaseno, Kenichi ^a   Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Ito, Sachiko ^a   Tadokoro, Kazuyoshi ^a   Hashimoto, Tohru ^a   Miyaji, Kohei ^a   Naito, Shigeto ^a   Oshima, Shigeru ^a   Nogami, Akihiko ^b   Taniguchi, Koichi ^a  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Electrocardiogram; Outflow tract; Premature ventricular contraction; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 33846317432     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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