Idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias arising from the pulmonary artery: Prevalence, characteristics, and topography of the arrhythmia origin

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 419-426

  Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Tadokoro, Kazuyoshi ^a   Miyaji, Kohei ^a   Ito, Sachiko ^a   Kurosaki, Kenji ^a   Kaseno, Kenichi ^a   Naito, Shigeto ^a   Nogami, Akihiko ^b   Oshima, Shigeru ^a   Taniguchi, Koichi ^a  

^a Gunma Prefectural Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Idiopathic ventricular arrhythmia; Pulmonary artery; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; QRS COMPLEX; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY ARTERY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 39649092078     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.12.021     Document Type: Article

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