Variability in postpacing intervals predicts global ventricular activation pattern during Tachycardia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-134

  Colombowala, Ilyas K ^a   Massumi, Ali ^a   Rasekh, Abdi ^a   Saeed, Mohammad ^a   Cheng, Jie ^a   Fakhri, Bita ^b   Shuraih, Mossaab ^a   Razavi, Mehdi ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ablation; Electrophysiology; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ACTIVATION PATTERN; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; POSTPACING INTERVAL VARIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75849142798     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02617.x     Document Type: Article

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