The relationship between pacing site and induction or termination of sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia by antitachycardia pacing

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-32

  Yee, Raymond ^a   Birgersdotter Green, Ulrika ^b   Belk, Paul ^c   Jackson, Troy ^c   Christensen, Jill ^c   Wathen, Mark S ^d  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitachycardia pacing; Biventricular pacing; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY VEIN; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; MORPHOLOGY; PULSE RATE; THERAPY EFFECT;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 73649131983     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02591.x     Document Type: Article

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