Frequent premature ventricular complexes originating from the right ventricular outflow tract are associated with left ventricular dysfunction

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-85

  Kanei, Yumiko ^a   Friedman, Meir ^a   Ogawa, Naomi ^b   Hanon, Sam ^a   Lam, Patrick ^a   Schweitzer, Paul ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Left ventricular dysfunction; Premature ventricular complex; Right ventricular outflow tract; Tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DYSFUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 38449096410     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2007.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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