Catheter ablation of a polymorphic ventricular tachycardia inducing monofocal premature ventricular complex

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 1799-1802

  Uemura, Takashi ^a   Yamabe, Hiroshige ^a   Tanaka, Yasuaki ^a   Morihisa, Kenji ^a   Kawano, Hiroaki ^a   Kaikita, Koichi ^a   Sumida, Hitoshi ^a   Sugiyama, Seigo ^a   Ogawa, Hisao ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia; Right ventricular outflow tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; QT INTERVAL; SYNCOPE;

CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 56349088792     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1211     Document Type: Article

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