A novel cause of pacing-facilitated short-long-short onset sequence ventricular tachycardia in the DDD/R mode: What is the mechanism?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1760-1762

  Sweeney, Michael O ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pacing; Proarrhythmia; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ENALAPRIL; METOPROLOL; PROCAINAMIDE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PACING FACILITATED SHORT LONG SHORT ONSET SEQUENCE VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WENCKEBACH PERIOD;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 57249097173     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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