Decennial follow-up in patients with recurrent tachycardia originating from the right ventricular outflow tract: Electrophysiologic characteristics and response to treatment

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2338-2345

  Ventura, Rodolfo ^a   Steven, Daniel ^a   Klemm, Hanno U ^a   Lutomsky, Boris ^a   Müllerleile, Kai ^a   Rostock, Thomas ^a   Servatius, Helge ^a   Risius, Tim ^a   Meinertz, Thomas ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^b   Willems, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Asklepios Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Drugs; Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; FLECAINIDE; METOPROLOL; PRAJMALINE; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35148864820     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm293     Document Type: Article

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