A couplet of PVCs with different qrs morphologies arising from a single origin in the left ventricular outflow tract

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Yamada, Takumi ^a   McElderry, H Thomas ^a   Doppalapudi, Harish ^a   Kay, G Neal ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

couplet; left ventricular outflow tract; preferential conduction; premature ventricular contraction; radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR OSTIUM; MALE; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RIGHT CORONARY CUSP; VALVE;

CATHETER ABLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 77956326406     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02716.x     Document Type: Article

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