Reinitiation of ventricular macroreentry within the His-Purkinje system by back-up ventricular pacing - A mechanism of ventricular tachycardia storm

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 225-235

  Reithmann, Christopher ^a   Hahnefeld, Anton ^a   Oversohl, Nico ^a   Ulbrich, Michael ^a   Remp, Thomas ^a   Steinbeck, Gerhard ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bundle branch reentry tachycardia; Catheter ablation; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Interfascicular tachycardia; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; PURKINJE FIBER; QRS COMPLEX; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS RHYTHM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; BUNDLE OF HIS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PURKINJE FIBERS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 33847385049     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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