Left ventricular outflow tract tachycardia including ventricular tachycardia from the aortic cusps and epicardial ventricular tachycardia

Herz

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 226-232

  Chun, K R Julian ^b   Satomi, Kazuhiro ^b   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^b   Ouyang, Feifan ^b   Antz, Matthias ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aortic cusp; Catheter ablation; ECG; Epicardial VT; Left ventricular outflow tract; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLECAINIDE; VERAPAMIL;

AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; QRS COMPLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AORTIC VALVE; BUNDLE OF HIS; CATHETER ABLATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PERICARDIUM; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 34250194963     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-007-2977-0     Document Type: Article

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