Significance of two potentials for predicting successful catheter ablation from the left sinus of Valsalva for left ventricular epicardial tachycardia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1053-1059

  Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Naito, Shigeto ^a   Ito, Sachiko ^a   Kurosaki, Kenji ^a   Ueda, Marehiko ^a   Shinbo, Goro ^a   Hoshizaki, Hiroshi ^a   Oshima, Shigeru ^a   Taniguchi, Koichi ^a   Nogami, Akihiko ^b  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Left sinus of Valsalva; Potential; Premature ventricular contraction; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREDICTION; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 4344563311     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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