Differentiation of ventricular and supraventricular tachycardias based on the analysis of the first postpacing interval after sequential anti-tachycardia pacing in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 316-322

  Arenal, Angel ^a   Ortiz, Mercedes ^a   Peinado, Rafael ^b   Merino, Jose L ^b   Quesada, Aurelio ^c   Atienza, Felipe ^c   Alberola, Arcadio García ^d   Ormaetxe, Jose ^e   Castellanos, Eduardo ^f   Rodriguez, Juan C ^g   Pérez, Nicasio ^g   García, Javier ^g   Boluda, Luis ^h   del Prado, Mario ⁱ   Artés, Antonio ⁱ  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^h Medtronic   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BEAT; HEART CYCLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847331312     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.10.032     Document Type: Article

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