Electrocardiographic characteristics of the variants of idiopathic left ventricular outflow tract ventricular tachyarrhythmias

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 495-501

  Kumagai, Koji ^a   Fukuda, Koji ^a   Wakayama, Yuji ^a   Sugai, Yoshinao ^a   Hirose, Masanori ^a   Yamaguchi, Nobuhiro ^a   Takase, Kei ^a   Yamauchi, Yasuteru ^b   Takahashi, Atsushi ^c   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^d   Shimokawa, Hiroaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c YOKOSUKA KYOSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Idiopathic ventricular tachyarrhythmias; Left ventricular outflow tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 43049131436     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.01085.x     Document Type: Article

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