Using the initial vector from surface electrocardiogram to distinguish the site of outflow tract tachycardia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 891-898

  Yang, Yanfei ^a   Saenz, Luis C ^b   Varosy, Paul D ^a   Badhwar, Nitish ^a   Justin, H Tan ^a   Kilicaslan, Fethi ^b   Keung, Edmund C ^c   Natale, Andrea ^b   Marrouche, Nassir F ^b   Scheinman, Melvin M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Electrocardiogram; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 34250692155     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00777.x     Document Type: Article

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