Electrocardiographic Recognition of Epicardial Arrhythmias

Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-33

  Michowitz, Yoav ^a,b   Belhassen, Bernard ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial tachycardias; Epicardial ablation; Epicardial origin; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 74549206079     PISSN: 18779182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccep.2009.11.008     Document Type: Review

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