Arrhythmias originating from the right ventricular outflow tract: How to distinguish "malignant" from "benign"?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1507-1511

  Shimizu, Wataru ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia; Sudden death; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN IDIOPATHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CYCLE LENGTH; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARREST; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALIGNANT IDIOPATHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; QRS COMPLEX; SYNCOPE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

CATHETER ABLATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 77949511960     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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