Electrocardiographic characteristics of ventricular arrhythmias originating from the junction of the left and right coronary sinuses of Valsalva in the aorta: The activation pattern as a rationale for the electrocardiographic characteristics

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 184-192

  Yamada, Takumi ^a   Yoshida, Naoki ^b   Murakami, Yoshimasa ^b   Okada, Taro ^b   Muto, Masahiro ^c   Murohara, Toyoaki ^c   McElderry, Hugh T ^a   Kay, G Neal ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Aichi Prefectural Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic sinus cusp; Electroanatomic mapping; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 38649121755     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.09.029     Document Type: Article

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