Preferential Conduction Across the Ventricular Outflow Septum in Ventricular Arrhythmias Originating From the Aortic Sinus Cusp

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 884-891

  Yamada, Takumi ^a   Murakami, Yoshimasa ^b   Yoshida, Naoki ^b   Okada, Taro ^b   Shimizu, Takeshi ^b   Toyama, Junji ^b   Yoshida, Yukihiko ^c   Tsuboi, Naoya ^c   Muto, Masahiro ^d   Inden, Yasuya ^d   Hirai, Makoto ^d   Murohara, Toyoaki ^d   McElderry, Hugh T ^a   Epstein, Andrew E ^a   Plumb, Vance J ^a   Kay, G Neal ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Aichi Prefectural Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 34547939091     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.05.021     Document Type: Article

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