Macroreentrant ventricular tachycardia mimicking focal ventricular tachycardia in a case with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 43-47

  Yamada, Takumi ^a   Muto, Masahiro ^b   Murakami, Yoshimasa ^b   Yoshida, Naoki ^b   Kay, G Neal ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Aichi Prefectural Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; Focal mechanism; Macroreentry; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART PACING; HEART RHYTHM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MACROREENTRANT VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM; TRICUSPID VALVE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36348957882     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-007-9167-0     Document Type: Article

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